"[N]ature appears with many animals to have been rather a cruel stepmother than a mother, and with others not a stepmo…"

"Man and animals are really the passage and the conduit of food, the sepulchre of animals and resting place of the dea…"

"Why did nature not ordain that one animal should not live by the death of another? Nature, being inconstant and takin…"

"[O mighty and once living instrument of formative nature. Incapable of availing thyself of thy vast strength thou has…"

"Many will think they may reasonably blame me by alleging that my proofs are opposed to the authority of certain men h…"

"Il cuor non spaglia."

"Just as courage imperils life, fear protects it."

"Fear arises sooner than anything else."

"Threats alone are the weapons of the threatened man."

"To speak well of a base man is much the same as speaking ill of a good man."