“There is not so variable a thing in nature as a lady's head-dress”

“Many, many steeples would have to be stacked one on top of another to reach from the bottom to the surface of the sea”

“Nature is the art of God”

“True happiness is of a retired nature, and an enemy to pomp and noise”

“A cloudy day, or a little sunshine, have as great an influence on many constitutions as the most real blessings or misfortunes”

““What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but scattered along life's pathway, the good they do is inconceivable”