A man's real possession is his memory. In nothing else is he rich, in nothing else is he poor.

An old novel has a history of its own.

Good-humor and, generosity carry day with the popular heart all the world over.

In the entire circle of the year there are no days so delightful as those of a fine October.

Trees are your best antiques

In my garden I spend my days, in my library I spend my nights. My interests are divided between my geraniums and my books. With the flower I am in the present; with the book I am in the past.

Seated in my library at night, and looking on the silent faces of my books, I am occasionally visited by a strange sense of the supernatural.