Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.

A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.

To live the greatest number of good hours is wisdom.

I will do strongly before the sun and moon whatever inly rejoices me and the heart apoints.

Nothing is quite beautiful alone; nothing but is beautiful in the whole. A single object is only so far beautiful as it suggests this universal grace.

Many photographers think they are photographing nature when they are only caricaturing her.

Every spirit makes its house, and we can give a shrewd guess from the house to the inhabitant.