“Who would wish to be among the commonplace crowd of the little famous - who are each individually lost in a throng made up of themselves?”

“All my life through, the new sights of nature made me rejoice like a child”

“Gardens are not made by singing 'Oh, how beautiful,' and sitting in the shade. ”

““I have two luxuries to brood over in my walks, your loveliness and the hour of my death. O that I could have possession of them both in the same minute.”

“The present condition of fame is merely fashion.”

“A thing of beauty is a joy forever; its loveliness increases; it will never pass into nothingness”