“To create a little flower is the labour of ages”

“True happiness is of a retired nature, and an enemy to pomp and noise”

“Nature is the art of God”

“Many, many steeples would have to be stacked one on top of another to reach from the bottom to the surface of the sea”

“If you violate nature's laws you are your own prosecuting attorney, judge, jury, and hangman”

“Science is knowledge arranged and classified according to truth, facts, and the general laws of nature”