...shellfish are the prime cause of the decline of morals and the adaptation of an extravagant lifestyle. Indeed of the whole realm of Nature the sea is in many ways the most harmful to the stomach, with its great variety of dishes and tasty fish.

There is, to be sure, no evil without something good.

No man's abilities are so remarkably shining as not to stand in need of a proper opportunity.

It is generally much more shameful to lose a good reputation than never to have acquired it.

The most valuable discoveries have found their origin in the most trivial accidents.

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

Chance is a second master.