Do not reveal, if liberty is precious to you; my face is the prison of love.

Just as iron rusts from disuse... even so does inaction spoil the intellect.

When that which loves is united to the thing beloved it can rest there; when the burden is laid down it finds rest there. There will be eternal fame also for the inhabitants of that town, constructed and enlarged by him.

To such an extent does nature delight and abound in variety that among her trees there is not one plant to be found which is exactly like another; and not only among the plants, but among the boughs, the leaves and the fruits, you will not find one which is exactly similar to another.

It's not enough that you believe what you see. You must also understand what you see.

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

The organ of perception acts more readily than judgment.