We fly to beauty as an asylum from the terrors of finite nature.
The aspect of nature is devout. Like the figure of Jesus, she stands with bended head, and hands folded upon the breast. The happiest man is he who learns from nature the lesson of worship.
Conformity is the ape of harmony.
Every man who would do anything well, must come to it from a higher ground.
If you would lift me up you must be on higher ground.
Nature and books belong to the eyes that see them.