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

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

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

“Nature is the art of God”

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

“To create a little flower is the labour of ages”