Of all things visible, the highest is the heaven of the fixed stars.

Of all things visible, the highest is the heaven of the fixed stars.

We do not see nature with our eyes, but with our understandings and our hearts.

We do not see nature with our eyes, but with our understandings and our hearts.

The only thing that ever sat its way to success was a hen.

The only thing that ever sat its way to success was a hen.

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

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

Art is man's nature: Nature is God's art.

Art is man's nature: Nature is God's art.

Nature encourages no looseness, pardons no errors.

Nature encourages no looseness, pardons no errors.

Nature is too thin a screen; the glory of the omnipresent God bursts through everywhere

Nature is too thin a screen; the glory of the omnipresent God bursts through everywhere

Constant dripping hollows out a stone.

Constant dripping hollows out a stone.

The counterfeit and counterpart of Nature is reproduced in art.

The counterfeit and counterpart of Nature is reproduced in art.