Nature had gathered her choicest treasures , to draw her lovers into close and confiding communion with her

Raindrops blossom brilliantly in the rainbow, and change to flowers in the sod, but snow comes in full flower direct from the dark, frozen sky.

How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains!

A little pure wildness is the one great present want, both of men and sheep.

In drying plants, botanists often dry themselves. Dry words and dry facts will not fire hearts.

Yet how hard most people work for mere dust and ashes and care, taking no thought of growing in knowledge and grace, never having time to get in sight of their own ignorance.

Most people who travel look only at what they are directed to look at. Great is the power of the guidebook maker, however ignorant.