Shadow is the diminution alike of light and of darkness, and stands between darkness and light.

When the sun is covered by clouds, objects are less conspicuous, because there is little difference between the light and shade of the trees and the buildings being illuminated by the brightness of the atmosphere which surrounds the objects in such a way that the shadows are few, and these few fade away so that their outline is lost in haze.

Poor is the man who desires a lot

The senses are of the earth, the reason stands apart from them in contemplation.

Thou, O God, dost sell us all good things at the price of labor.

Avoid the precepts of those thinkers whose reasoning is not confirmed by experience.

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.