“ Wisdom cannot come by railroad or automobile or aeroplane, or be hurried up by telegraph or telephone. John Burroughs
“ I seldom go into a natural history museum without feeling as if I were attending a funeral. John Burroughs
“ He who marvels at the beauty of the world in summer will find equal cause for wonder and admiration in winter. John Burroughs
“ A man can get discouraged many times but he is not a failure until he begins to blame somebody else and stops trying. John Burroughs
“ A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else. John Burroughs
“ In October, a maple tree before your window lights up your room like a great lamp. Even on cloudy days, its presence helps to dispel the gloom. John Burroughs
“ To treat your facts with imagination is one thing, to imagine your facts is another. John Burroughs
“ The common bees will never use their sting upon the queen; if she is to be disposed of, they starve her to death, and the queen herself will sting nothing but royalty, nothing but a rival queen. John Burroughs
“ The art of the bird is to conceal its nest both as to position and as to material, but now and then it is betrayed into weaving into its structure showy and bizarre bits of this or that, which give it… John Burroughs
“ The animal world seizes its food in masses little and big, and often gorges itself with it, but the vegetable, through the agency of the solvent power of water, absorbs its nourishment molecule by mol… John Burroughs
“ Man takes root at his feet, and at best he is no more than a potted plant in his house or carriage till he has established communication with the soil by the loving and magnetic touch of his soles to… John Burroughs
“ Without the emotion of the beautiful, the sublime, the mysterious, there is no art, no religion, no literature. John Burroughs
