"The eye, which is called the window of the soul, is the principal means by which the understanding can most completely and abundantly appreciate the infinite works of nature."

"It is an easy thing to praise and blame, but not so easy to know what to praise and what to blame."

"Men will seem like wooden puppets, moving without reason."

"The act of procreation and anything that has any relation to it is so disgusting that human beings would soon die out if it were not a traditional custom and if there were no pretty faces and sensuous…"

"Experience is a truer guide than the words of others."