Do people conform to the instructions of us old ones? Each thinks he must know best about himself, and thus many are lost entirely.

The Primal Plant is going be the strangest creature in the world, which Nature herself must envy me. With this model and the key to it, it will be possible to go on for ever inventing plants and know that their existence is logical; that is to say, if they do not actually exist, they could, for they are not the shadowy phantoms of a vain imagination, but possess an inner necessity and truth. The same law will be applicable to all other living organisms.

The greater the knowledge, the greater the doubt.

It is only in misery that we recognize the hand of God leading good men to good.

Know'st thou the land where the lemon-trees bloom, Where the gold orange glows in the deep thicket's gloom, Where a wind ever soft from the blue heaven blows, And the groves are of laurel and myrtle and rose!

It is better for you to suffer an injustice than for the world to be without law. Therefore, let everyone submit to the law.

One of the most striking signs of the decay of art is the intermixing of different genres.