There is not a sprig of grass that shoots uninteresting to me.

I always think of nature as a great spectacle, somewhat resembling the opera.

If people think Nature is their friend, then they sure don’t need an enemy.

When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other.

Nature resolves everything into its component elements, but annihilates nothing.

Nature is immovable.

Animals are such agreeable friends—they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms.