All those who love Nature she loves in return, and will richly reward, not perhaps with the good things, as they are commonly called, but with the best things of this world-not with money and titles, horses and carriages, but with bright and happy thoughts, contentment and peace of mind.

Before buying anything, it is well to ask if one could do without it.

Happy indeed is the naturalist: to him the seasons come round like old friends; to him the birds sing: as he walks along, the flowers stretch out from the hedges, or look up from the ground, and as each year fades away, he looks back on a fresh store of happy memories.

Our own happiness ought not to be our main objective in life.

It always seems to be raining harder than it really is when you look at the weather through the window.

Endurance is a much better test of character than any single act of heroism, however noble.

If you have the least doubt about it, do not marry.