"The flower's leaves...serve as bridal beds which the Creator has so gloriously prepared, adorned with such noble bed curtains, and perfumed with so many sweet scents to induce the young bridegroom to …"

"I have seen no one who has been able to distinguish the species of plants better than I have."

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

"Natural bodies are divided into three kingdoms of nature: viz. the mineral, vegetable, and animal kingdoms. Minerals grow, Plants grow and live, Animals grow, live, and have feeling."

"I saw a monster today: a two-headed calf. It lived for only an hour, but I dissected it to see if God had given it two souls."