It is not of so much consequence what you say, as how you say it. Memorable sentences are memorable on account of some single irradiating word.
A man's real possession is his memory. In nothing else is he rich, in nothing else is he poor.
How deeply seated in the human heart is the liking for gardens and gardening.
In my garden I spend my days; in my library I spend my nights.
Trifles make up the happiness or the misery of mortal life.
The sea complains upon a thousand shores.