You may tell by looking at any twig of the forest, ay, at your very wood-pile, whether its winter is past or not.
Henry David ThoreauWe cannot but pity the boy who has never fired a gun; he is no more humane, while his education has been sadly neglected.
Henry David ThoreauNature has many scenes to exhibit, and constantly draws a curtain over this part or that. She is constantly repainting the landscape and all surfaces, dressing up some scene for our entertainment. Lately we had a leafy wilderness; now bare twigs begin to prevail, and soon she will surprise us with a mantle of snow. Some green she thinks so good for our eyes that, like blue, she never banishes it entirely from our eyes, but has created evergreens.
Henry David Thoreau