Imagination, the traitor of the mind, has taken my solitude and slain it.
Were it not for imagination a man would be as happy in arms of a chambermaid as of a duchess.
Imagination is a poor matter when it has to part company with understanding.
I used my imagination to make the grass whatever color I wanted it to be.
The world's a scene of changes, and to be constant, in nature were inconstancy.
Custom is our nature. What are our natural principles but principles of custom?
Nature... is nothing but the inner voice of self-interest.
Like water, we are truest to our nature in repose.
Understanding the laws of nature does not mean that we are immune to their operations.
The thirst for vengeance was the beautiful nature which Homer imitated.
Nature is the master of talents; genius is the master of nature.
Scenery is fine - but human nature is finer.
I never sort of thought of myself as a comedy writer, by nature.
Twilight drops her curtain down, and pins it with a star.
To destroy is still the strongest instinct in nature.
It is human nature to stand in the middle of a thing.
There are no passengers on spaceship earth. We are all crew.
I'm a big believer in our connection to nature.
Deceit is the game of petty spirits, and that is by nature a woman's quality.
Argue with anything else, but don't argue with your own nature.
To eat steak rare... represents both a nature and a morality.
