Georges-Louis Leclerc Buffon

"The mind grows by what it feeds upon."

"Diversity is the law of nature in all visible things."

"A man truly noble makes no noise."

"Science is organized knowledge."

"The beauty of things lies in the play of light and shadow upon them."

"Man's greatest enemy is ignorance."

"To name things is to take possession of them."

"Few men are wise by their own counsel."

"The first condition of an enlightened people is a loyal following of facts."

"We speak of dead languages and dead masters."

"All human excellence is mutual; we make each other greater."

"The universe is not only far stranger than we imagine, it is far stranger than we can imagine."

"Hope is not a rational thing, yet men cling to it most firmly."

"To understand God's thoughts, we must study mathematics, which is His language."

"The secret to success lies in the persistence of effort."

"Nature is her own oracle; we need only learn to read her signs."

"Kindness is the language that the deaf can hear and the blind can see."

"The monument of a great man is his influence on humanity."

"What we call chance is merely the collision of our plans with those of others."

"Every person contains within themselves the seed of greatness."

"The true measure of wealth is what you can afford to lose."

"Art imitates nature, but only science understands her."

"Happiness is the fruit of a well-ordered life."

"The most powerful knowledge is self-knowledge."

"Time is the infinite canvas on which we paint our existence."

"Solitude is the furnace of transformation."

"A lie is the cowardice of truth."

"The future belongs to those who prepare for it today."

"Nature does nothing by leaps; this is her fundamental principle."

"Marriage is the safest religion of the soul."