I realise that in this undertaking I place myself in a certain opposition to views widely held concerning the mathematical infinite and to opinions frequently defended on the nature of numbers.

The skull is nature's sculpture.

Anyone who has obeyed nature by transmitting a piece of gossip experiences the explosive relief that accompanies the satisfying of a primary need.

Self-preservation, nature's first great law, all the creatures, except man, doth awe.

The highest purpose is to have no purpose at all. This puts one in accord with nature, in her manner of operation.

It is hard, I submit, to loathe bloodshed, including war, more than I do, but it is still harder to exceed my loathing of the very nature of totalitarian states in which massacre is only an administrative detail.

A lawn is nature under totalitarian rule.

Hidden nature is secret God.

If you are cast in a different mould to the majority, it is no merit of yours: Nature did it.

To make a love story, you need a couple of young people, but to reflect on the nature of love, you're better off with old ones. That is a fact of life and literature - and of the novel ever since it fell in love with love in the 18th century.