"I demand of you, and of the whole world, that you show me a generic character... by which to distinguish between Man and Ape. I myself most assuredly know of none. But perhaps I should still do it acc…"

"The greatest pleasure of a gardener is to survey his work, and to admire the result of his own industry."

"A worm is a worm, and a man is a man. But if you compare a man to a worm, you will see that a man is only a worm."

"The earth is the theatre of God's glory."

"The first step in wisdom is to know the things themselves; this notion consists in having a true idea of the objects; objects are distinguished and known by classifying them methodically and giving th…"