My roses are my jewels the sun, moon, and stars my clocks fruit and water my fare.

Education is all paint - it does not alter the nature of the wood that lies under it, it only improves its appearance a little. Why I dislike education so much is, that it makes all people alike, until you have examined into them and it sometimes is so long before you get to see under the varnish!

Nature forms us in a certain manner, both inwardly and outwardly, and it is in vain to attempt to alter it.