“All my life I have tried to pluck a thistle and plant a flower wherever the flower would grow in thought and mind”

“The sun, with all those planets revolving around it and dependent on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as if it had nothing else in the universe to do”

“Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower ”

“To sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment”

“A morning-glory at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books”

“A hen is only an egg's way of making another egg ”