“Nature made the fields and man the cities.”

He who flees at the right time can fight again.

It is necessary for men to be deceived in religion.

It is for the good of states that men should be deluded by religion.

The longest part of the journey is said to be the passing of the gate.

What, if as said, man is a bubble.

What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.

For my eightieth year warns me to pack up my baggage before I leave life.

Divine Nature gave the fields, human art built the cities.

Divine nature gave us fields, human skill built our cities.

He who overlooks a healthy spot for the site of his house is mad and ought to be handed over to the care of his relations and friends.

Not all who own a harp are harpers.

The number of guests at dinner should not be less than the number of the Graces nor exceed that of the Muses, i.e., it should begin with three and stop at nine.

A great city, whose image dwells in the memory of man, is the type of some great idea. Rome represents conquest;

So every once in a while I get an idea about plumbing, I get an idea about city government, and they come the way they come.

The city, a place to which one goes to do business, is a place where men overreach each other in the fight for money. But it is not a place in which one can live.

The building of cities and towns, the cutting down of forests, and the draining of pools and swamps have deprived American birds of their original homes and food supply.

Sometimes I am worried by the thought of the effect that life in the city will have on coming generations.

Living in the city is a discordant thing, an unnatural thing.

I like the city. I like the concrete. I like big business. I like being a CEO of my own company and having a lot of responsibilities.

Yet you should not marvel if I do not enter that city so quickly.