Pride's chickens have bonny feathers, but they are an expensive brood to rear. They eat up everything, and are always lean when brought to market.

The truly great rest in the knowledge of their own deserts, nor seek the conformation of the world.

Everything is sweetened by risk.

A thought may be very commendable as a thought, but I value it chiefly as a window through which I can obtain insight on the thinker.

How deeply seated in the human heart is the liking for gardens and gardening.

To bring the best human qualities to anything like perfection, to fill them with the sweet juices of courtesy and charity, prosperity, or, at all events, a moderate amount of it, is required,--just as sunshine is needed for the ripening of peaches and apricots.

In my garden, care stops at the gate and gazes at me wistfully through the bars.