Georges-Louis Leclerc Buffon

"The more we understand particular things, the more we understand God."

"To persist in one's duty and not to act from fear is the mark of a man."

"Beauty is the promise of happiness."

"The first step toward knowledge is to know that we are ignorant."

"All differences in this world are of degree, and not of kind, because oneness is the secret of everything."

"The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing that stands in the way."

"Dreams are the true interpreters of our inclinations."

"Man can know very little and yet live well if he lives righteously."

"The flower is the poetry of reproduction."

"Integrity is not something that can be learned or acquired; it is what comes from within."

"The conquest of nature is achieved by obedience to nature."

"Life is a great adventure or it is nothing."

"To travel is to live."

"The glory of creation is in its infinite diversity."

"In order to understand the world, one must not be too eager to judge it."

"The true spirit of delight is the exaltation of the spirit."

"Virtue is its own reward."

"The study of nature is an inexhaustible source of wonder."

"Time, the subtle thief of youth."

"In the vastness of nature lies the greatest wisdom."

"The mind that opens to a new idea never returns to its original dimensions."

"To be born is not enough; we must be born again every day."

"The greatest discoveries are those which reduce the greatest number of phenomena to the simplest principles."

"Love is the whole history of a woman's life, but only an episode in a man's."

"Happiness consists of a modest living and a kind heart."

"The fundamental condition of happiness is that it should be rested on truth."

"Nature is often hidden, sometimes overcome, but seldom extinguished."

"To understand the principle of things is to hold the secret to all transformation."

"What we call progress is often merely change."

"The greatest works are made by those who have nothing to prove."