Nature has given man one tongue, but two ears, that we may hear twice as much as we speak

Nature has given man one tongue, but two ears, that we may hear twice as much as we speak

When chill November's surly blast make fields and forest bare.

When chill November's surly blast make fields and forest bare.

Nature always tends to act in the simplest way.

Nature always tends to act in the simplest way.

Nature is a good name for an effect whose cause is God.

Nature is a good name for an effect whose cause is God.

Constant dripping hollows out a stone.

Constant dripping hollows out a stone.

Nature never says one thing and wisdom another.

Nature never says one thing and wisdom another.

Trees are the earth's endless effort to speak to the listening heaven.

Trees are the earth's endless effort to speak to the listening heaven.

We may brave human laws, but we cannot resist natural ones.

We may brave human laws, but we cannot resist natural ones.

Whether man is disposed to yield to nature or to oppose her, he cannot do without a correct understanding of read more

Whether man is disposed to yield to nature or to oppose her, he cannot do without a correct understanding of her language.