Occupation: Botanist Birth: November 29, 1627 Death: January 17, 1705
He who pays the piper can call the tunes..
Man does what he can, and God what he will..
Better the last smile than the first laughter..
It is a foolish sheep that makes the wolf his counselor..
The heart is the first part that quickens, and the last that dies..
Wedlock is a padlock..
The wind in a man's face makes him wise..
To those we love best we say the least.
The tree falls not at the first stroke..
Good words cool more than cold water..
Learning makes the wise wiser and the fool more foolish..
There is no doubt, that man is not built to be a carnivorous animal. What a sweet, pleasing and innocent sight is the spectacle of a table served tha….
A pound of worry won't pay an ounce of debt..
Money was made for the free-hearted and generous..
In a calm sea every man is a pilot..
There is for a free man no occupation more worthy and delightful than to contemplate the beauteous works of nature and honor the infinite wisdom and ….
Where love fails we espy all faults..
A joy that's shared is a joy made double..
Adversity makes a man wise, not rich..
He is wise that can make a friend of a foe..
What's good for the goose is good for the gander..