Nature is not only all that is visible to the eye — it also includes the inner pictures of the soul.

"It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade."

"There are dark shadows on the earth, but its lights are stronger in the contrast."

"The whole difference between construction and creation is exactly this: that a thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists."

"Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts."

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"The white face of the winter day came sluggishly on, veiled in a frosty mist; and the shadowy ships in the river slowly changed to black substances; and the sun, blood-red on the eastern marshes behind dark masts and yards, seemed filled with the ruins of a forest it had set on fire."