Ah, summer, what power you have to make us suffer and like it.

Ah, summer, what power you have to make us suffer and like it.

No sight is more provocative of awe than is the night sky.

No sight is more provocative of awe than is the night sky.

Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.

Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.

For the nature of women is closely allied to art

For the nature of women is closely allied to art

When a man wantonly destroys one of the works of man we call him a vandal. When he destroys one read more

When a man wantonly destroys one of the works of man we call him a vandal. When he destroys one of the works of God we call him a sportsman.

We could have saved the Earth but we were too damned cheap.

We could have saved the Earth but we were too damned cheap.

A person cannot love a plant after he has pruned it, then he has either done a poor job or read more

A person cannot love a plant after he has pruned it, then he has either done a poor job or is devoid of emotion.

That man's best works should be such bungling imitations of Nature's infinite perfection, matters not much; but that he should read more

That man's best works should be such bungling imitations of Nature's infinite perfection, matters not much; but that he should make himself an imitation, this is the fact which Nature moans over, and deprecates beseechingly. Be spontaneous, be truthful, be free, and thus be individuals! is the song she sings through warbling birds, and whispering pines, and roaring waves, and screeching winds.

Nor rural sights alone, but rural sounds,
Exhilarate the spirit, and restore
The tone of languid Nature.

Nor rural sights alone, but rural sounds,
Exhilarate the spirit, and restore
The tone of languid Nature.