"Compassion is a call, a demand of nature, to relieve the unhappy as hunger is a natural call for food"

"Nature and wisdom never are at strife"

"The sound of the human voice is the best of nature but only if it comes out from the feelings"

"Art is not merely an imitation of the reality of nature, but in truth a metaphysical supplement to the reality of nature, placed alongside thereof for its conquest"

"External nature is only internal nature writ large"

"I believe in God, only I spell it Nature"

"My favorite time of day is to get up and eat leftovers from dinner, especially spicy food"

"Human judges can show mercy. But against the laws of nature, there is no appeal"

"It should seem, then, that the nature of society dictates another, a higher branch, whose superiority arises from its being the interested and natural conservator of the universal interest"

"I like going into nature and that's where I'm happiest"

"The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays"