There is hardly a man on earth who will take advice unless he is certain that it is positively bad.

Literature is an investment of genius which pays dividends to all subsequent times.

Every day is a Sabbath to me. All pure water is holy water, and this earth is a celestial abode.

In winter the stars seem to have rekindled their fires, the moon achieves a fuller triumph, and the heavens wear a look of a more exalted simplicity.

To find the universal elements enough; to find the air and the water exhilarating; to be refreshed by a morning walk or an evening saunter... to be thrilled by the stars at night; to be elated over a bird's nest or a wildflower in spring - these are some of the rewards of the simple life.

Now is the time of the illuminated woods ... when every leaf glows like a tiny lamp.

Nature comes home to one most when one is at home. The stranger and traveler finds her a stranger and traveler also.