"The American is obstinate, contented, free. He paints himself with red lines and is regulated by custom."

"The species are as numerous as the different forms which the Infinite Being produced in the beginning."

"Every plant is a book, which, if we want to understand, we must learn its language."

"The Creator's wisdom is seen in the smallest insect as well as in the greatest elephant."

"It is not wealth or ancestry, but rather the spirit of the age, which has raised me to the highest pinnacle of fame."