The least movement is of importance to all nature. The entire ocean is affected by a pebble.

Nature is an infinite sphere whose center is everywhere and whose circumference is nowhere

Nature is an infinite sphere whose center is everywhere and whose circumference is nowhere.

Man's true nature being lost, everything becomes his nature; as, his true good being lost, everything becomes his good.

Custom is our nature. What are our natural principles but principles of custom?

Man is but a reed, the most feeble thing in nature, but he is a thinking reed