To write well is to think well, to feel well, and to render well; it is to possess at once intellect, soul, and taste.
Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de BuffonThe dog has no ambition, no self-interest, no desire for vengeance, no fear other than that of displeasing.
Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de BuffonThe cat is the only animal which accepts the comforts but rejects the bondage of domesticity.
Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de BuffonThe sublime can only be found in the great subjects. Poetry, history and philosophy all have the same object, and a very great object-Man and Nature. Philosophy describes and depicts Nature. Poetry paints and embellishes it. It also paints men, it aggrandizes them, it exaggerates them, it creates heroes and gods. History only depicts man, and paints him such as he is.
Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon