Nature is so delightful and abundant in its variations that among trees of the same kind there would not be found one which nearly resembles another, and not only the plants as a whole, but among their branches, leaves, and fruit, will not be found one which is precisely like another.

Truly man is the king of beasts, for his brutality exceeds them. We live by the death of others. We are burial places.

The eye is the window of the human body through which it feels its way and enjoys the beauty of the world.

There is no object so large but that at a great distance from the eye it does not appear smaller than a smaller object near.

It is ordained that to the ambitious, who derive no satisfaction from the gifts of life and the beauty of the world, life shall be a cause of suffering, and they shall possess neither the profit nor the beauty of the world.

All our knowledge originates in opinion.

If you are alone you belong entirely to yourself. If you are accompanied by even one companion you belong only half to yourself or even less in proportion to the thoughtlessness of his conduct and if you have more than one companion you will fall more deeply into the same plight.