Who could believe in the prophecies ... that the world would end this summer, while one milkweed with faith matured its seeds.

Morning work! By the blushes of Aurora and the music of Memnon, what should be man's morning work in this world?

Nature is as well adapted to our weakness as to our strength.

To live a better life,--this surely can be done.

If you're familiar with a principle you don't have to be familiar with all of its applications.

All these sounds, the crowing of cocks, the baying of dogs, and the hum of insects at noon, are the evidence of nature's health orsound state.

I was not born to be forced.