Culture means the perfect and equal development of man on all sides.

What a severe yet master artist old Winter is... No longer the canvas and the pigments, but the marble and the chisel.

Travel and society polish one, but a rolling stone gathers no moss, and a little moss is a good thing on a man.

To the scientist Nature is a storehouse of facts, laws, processes; to the artist she is a storehouse of pictures; to the poet she is a storehouse of images, fancies, a source of inspiration; to the moralist she is a storehouse of precepts and parables; to all she may be a source of knowledge and joy.

He who marvels at the beauty of the world in summer will find equal cause for wonder and admiration in winter.

The pleasure and value of every walk or journey we take may be doubled to us by carefully noting down the impressions it makes upon us.

If the October days were a cordial like the sub-acids of fruit, these are a tonic like the wine of iron. Drink deep or be careful how you taste this December vintage. The first sip may chill, but a full draught warms and invigorates.