Fishermen, hunters, woodchoppers, and others, spending their lives in the fields and woods, in a peculiar sense a part of Nature themselves, are often in a more favorable mood for observing her, in the intervals of their pursuits, than philosophers or poets even, who approach her with expectation. She is not afraid to exhibit herself to them.

As in many countries precious metals belong to the crown, so here more precious natural objects of rare beauty should belong to the public.

Maturity is when all of your mirrors turn into windows.

There is only one path to Heaven. On Earth, we call it Love.

There are sure to be two prescriptions diametrically opposite.

I would that I were worthy to be any man's Friend.

I do believe in simplicity. It is astonishing as well as sad, how many trivial affairs even the wisest thinks he must attend to in a day; how singular an affair he thinks he must omit. When the mathematician would solve a difficult problem, he first frees the equation of all incumbrances, and reduces it to its simplest terms. So simplify the problem of life, distinguish the necessary and the real. Probe the earth to see where your main roots run.