Nothing which we can imagine about Nature is incredible.

....shellfish are the prime cause of the decline of morals and the adaptation of an extravagant lifestyle.

Among these things, one thing seems certain - that nothing certain exists and that there is nothing more pitiful or more presumptuous than man.

Nature is to be found in her entirety nowhere more than in her smallest creatures.

It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth (In Vino Veritas).

In comparing various authors with one another, I have discovered that some of the gravest and latest writers have transcribed, word for word, from former works, without making acknowledgment.

Honey comes out of the air At early dawn the leaves of trees are found bedewed with honey. Whether this is the perspiration of the sky or a sort of saliva of the stars, or the moisture of the air purging itself, nevertheless it brings with it the great pleasure of its heavenly nature. It is always of the best quality when it is stored in the best flowers.