Columella

Lucius Junius Moderatus Columella (/ˌkɒljəˈmɛlə/; Arabic: Yunius,[1]: 12  4 – c. 70 AD) was a prominent writer on agriculture in the Roman Empire.[2]

Quotes

 * Oculos et vestigia domini, res agro saluberrimas, facilius admittit.
 * He allows very readily, that the eyes and footsteps of the master are things most salutary to the land.
 * De Re Rustica, IV. 18: Quoted in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), Lemma "Agriculture" p. 18-19.