"The most beautiful flower is the one that is most accurately drawn."

"My mind reels when, on this height, I look down on the long ages that have flowed by like waves in the sound and have left traces of the ancient world, traces so nearly obscured that they can only whi…"

"The whole earth is a garden, and man is its gardener."

"The knowledge of plants is a science, but the knowledge of their names is a pleasure."

"The world is ruled by three things: money, women, and botany."