It is not ignorance but knowledge which is the mother of wonder.

And the thing which is missing is love, some feeling for, as well as some understanding of, the inclusive community of rocks and soils, plants and animals, of which we are a part.

The snow itself is lonely or, if you prefer, self-sufficient. There is no other time when the whole world seems composed of one thing and one thing only.

August creates as she slumbers, replete and satisfied.

True tragedy may be defined as a dramatic work in which the outward failure of the principal personage is compensated for by the dignity and greatness of his character.

Custom has furnished the only basis which ethics have ever had.

The most serious charge which can be brought against New England is not Puritanism but February.