The worst thing about new books is that they keep us from reading the old ones.
Science confounds everything; it gives to the flowers an animal appetite, and takes away from even the plants their chastity.
The talkative man speaks from his mouth, the eloquent man speaks from his heart.
All gardeners live in beautiful places because they make them so.
The Bible is to religion what the Iliad is to poetry
Every legitimate authority should respect its extent and its limits.