"It is not the business of a botanist to know all the plants, but to know how to find out what they are."

"The world is ruled by three things: money, women, and botany."

"The species are as numerous as the different forms which the Infinite Being produced in the beginning."

"The knowledge of plants is a science, but the knowledge of their names is a pleasure."

"Women are more lascivious than men, as is evident from their greater lubricity and their monthly purgations."