“Nearly every season, I make the acquaintance of one or more new flower...” — John Burroughs Quote

“Nearly every season, I make the acquaintance of one or more new flowers. It takes years to exhaust the botanical treasures of any one considerable neighborhood, unless one makes a dead set at it, like an herbalist.”

“Wisdom cannot come by railroad or automobile or aeroplane, or be hurried up by telegraph or telephone.”

“It is always easier to believe than to deny. Our minds are naturally affirmative.”

“The beginning of an acquaintance whether with persons or things is to get a definite outline of our ignorance.”

“When a man looks across a street, sees a pretty girl, and waves at her, that's not a rendezvous, that's a passing acquaintance. When he walks across the street and nibbles on her ear, that's a rendezvous!”

“Wilde is an invaluable acquaintance. Often, in situations where I am required to appear witty, I simply steal large chunks from his works and attempt to pass them off as my own with minor modifications.”