Stray birds of summer come to my window to sing and fly away. And yellow leaves of autumn, which have no songs, flutter and fall there with a sigh.

The body of the earth is of the nature of a fish, a grampus or sperm whale, because it draws water as its breath instead of air.

I'm thankful for the sea breeze that feels so good right now, and the scent of jasmine when the sun starts going down.

Nature appears to have been the cruel stepmother rather than the mother of many animals.

To any white body receiving the light from the sun, or the air, the shadows will be of a bluish cast.

A single and distinct luminous body causes stronger relief in the objects than a diffused light; as may be seen by comparing one side of a landscape illuminated by the sun, and one overshadowed by clouds, and illuminated only by the diffused light of the atmosphere.