The things of which we want the proof are those we know the best.

I . . . am small, like the wren, and my hair is bold like the chestnut burr; and my eyes like the sherry in the glass that the guest leaves.

To travel far, there is no better ship than a book.

Nature is what we see - the hill, the afternoon, squirrel, eclipse, the bumblebee. Nay, nature is heaven. Nature is what we hear...

These are the days when birds come back, a very few, a Bird or two, to take a backward look.

The only Commandment I ever obeyed — 'Consider the Lilies.

An ear can break a human heart As quickly as a spear, We wish the ear had not a heart So dangerously near.