It is never too late to give up our prejudices.

We go on dating from Cold Fridays and Great Snows; but a little colder Friday, or greater snow would put a period to man's existence on the globe.

In the planting of the seeds of most trees, the best gardeners do no more than follow Nature, though they may not know it.

Even the elephant carries but a small trunk on his journeys. The perfection of traveling is to travel without baggage.

He may travel who can subsist on the wild fruits and game of the most cultivated country.

In an ancient and dead language, any recognition of living nature attracts us. These are such sentences as were written while grass grew and water ran. It is no small recommendation when a book will stand the test of mere unobstructed sunshine and daylight.

In the production of the necessaries of life Nature is ready enough to assist man.