Men speak of natural rights, but I challenge any one to show where in nature any rights existed or were recognized until there was established for their declaration and protection a duly promulgated body of corresponding laws.

Everything that slows us down and forces patience, everything that sets us back into the slow circles of nature, is a help. Gardening is an instrument of grace.

Nature has no principles. She makes no distinction between good and evil.

It is human nature to think wisely and act in an absurd fashion.

The subtlety of nature is greater many times over than the subtlety of the senses and understanding.