Make the most of your regrets; never smother your sorrow, but tend and cherish it till it comes to have a separate and integral interest. To regret deeply is to live afresh.

The voice of nature is always encouraging.

Generally speaking, a howling wilderness does not howl: it is the imagination of the traveler that does the howling.

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

I desire that there be as many different persons in the world as possible; I would have each one be very careful to find out and preserve his own way.

The cost of a thing is something called life which is given in exchange for it.

Most men cry better than they speak. You get more nurture out of them by pinching than addressing them.