It is always the best friends who are neglected and ignored.

To be made evident, truth must be sought for; for of itself it is slow to appear, and between ourselves and God the obstacles are so many!

When they are among us cats are angels

nature has not changed. The night is still unsullied, the stars still twinkle, and the wild thyme smells as sweetly now as it did then ... We may be afflicted and unhappy, but no one can take from us the sweet delight which is nature's gift to those who love her and her poetry.

The capacity for passion is both cruel and divine.

Art speaks only to the mind, whereas nature speaks to all the faculties.

The mind has no sex.