Georges-Louis Leclerc Buffon

"Mortality teaches us to value each moment."

"The pursuit of excellence is a lifelong endeavor."

"True friendship requires complete honesty."

"The foundation of all virtue is courage."

"To be nobody but yourself in a world that tries to make you someone else is an accomplishment."

"The universe reveals itself only to those who seek earnestly."

"Patience is the courage of the noble."

"The greatest adventure is the exploration of the self."

"The style is the man himself."

"Nature is the source of all true knowledge. It has broad leaves and we are foolish to trust anything else."

"Genius is patience."

"A man who does not think for himself does not think at all."

"The more we know, the more we realize how little we understand."

"Life is a game, but a serious one."

"Beauty is relative and subjective; it exists in the eye of the beholder."

"To write well is to think well."

"The earth does not belong to man; man belongs to the earth."

"Courage is not the absence of fear, but the mastery of it."

"In the study of nature, we must be both humble and bold."

"Time is the greatest teacher, if only we would listen."

"A person without imagination is like a bird without wings."

"The strength of a nation lies in the education of its youth."

"History is the witness of times past."

"To understand the present, we must study the past."

"Art is the imitation of nature in her manner of operation."

"Freedom is not the absence of constraint, but the right to choose them."

"The pursuit of knowledge is endless; therein lies its beauty."

"Work is the price of success."

"Peace is born from understanding."

"Patience is the greatest strength."