Many have made a trade of delusions and false miracles, deceiving the stupid multitudes.

... we might say that the earth has a spirit of growth; that its flesh is the soil, its bones the arrangement and connection of the rocks of which the mountains are composed, its cartilage the tufa, and its blood the springs of water.

It is an acknowledged fact that we perceive errors in the work of others more readily than in our own.

Necessity is the mistress and guide of nature.

Among the great things which are found among us the existence of Nothing is the greatest.

Some promises and time disappoint us

Thirst will parch your tongue and your body will waste through lack of sleep ere you can describe in words that which painting instantly sets before the eye.