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

It all begins when the soul would have its way with you.

Do not require a description of the countries towards which you sail. The description does not describe them to you, and to- morrow you arrive there, and know them by inhabiting them.

The pleasure of life is according to the man that lives it, and not according to the work or place.

Next to the originator of a good sentence is the first quoter of it. Many will read the book before one thinks of quoting a passage. As soon as he has done this, that line will be quoted east and west.

Each moment of the year has its own beauty.

The man of genius inspires us with a boundless confidence in our own powers.