The only way to speak the truth is to speak lovingly.

In my cheapest moments I am apt to think that it is n't my business to be "seeking the spirit," but as much its business to be seeking me.

What youth or maiden conspires with the wild luxuriant beauty of Nature? She flourishes most alone, far from the towns where they reside.

Spring. March fans it, April christens it, and May puts on its jacket and trousers.

It is good even to be a fisherman in summer and in winter.

It requires nothing less than a chivalric feeling to sustain a conversation with a lady.

At a certain season of our life we are accustomed to consider every spot as the possible site of a house.