The Greatest Wisdom Is To Get To

For My Part I Consider The Earth Very Noble And Admirable Precisely Because Of The Diverse Alterations, Changes, Generations, Etc. That Occur In It Incessantly.

It Vexes Me When They Would Constrain Science By The Authority Of The Scriptures, And Yet Do Not Consider Themselves Bound To Answer Reason And Experiment.

If There Were As Great A Scarcity Of Soil As Of Jewels Or Precious Metals, There Would Not Be A Prince Who Would Not Spend A Bushel Of Diamonds And Rubies And A Cartload Of Gold Just To Have Enough Earth To Plant A Jasmine In A Little Pot, Or To Sow An Orange Seed And Watch It Sprout, Grow, And Produce Its Handsome Leaves, Its Fragrant Flowers, And Fine Fruit.

I Have Never Met A Man So Ignorant That I Couldn't Learn Something From Him.

In Time You May Discover Everything That Can Be Discovered, And Still Your Progress Will Only Be Progress Away From Humanity. The Distance Between You And Them Can One Day Become So Great That Your Joyous Cry Over Some New Gain Could Be Answered By An Universal Shriek Of Horror.