The man who has planted a garden feels that he has done something for the good of the world.

One of the best things in the world to be is a boy; it requires no experience, but needs some practice to be a good one

Regrets are idle; yet history is one long regret. Everything might have turned out so differently.

People always overdo the matter when they attempt deception.

Politics make strange bedfellows.

The chief effect of talk on any subject is to strengthen one's own opinions, and, in fact, one never knows exactly what he does believe until he is warmed into conviction by the heat of attack and defence.

Hoeing in the garden on a bright, soft May day, when you are not obligated to, is nearly equal to the delight of going trouting.