The boy who expects every morning to open into a new world finds that today is like yesterday, but he believes tomorrow will be different.

To poke a wood fire is more solid enjoyment than almost anything else in the world.

A garden is an awful responsibility. You never know what you may be aiding to grow in it.

It is well known that no person who regards his reputation will ever kill a trout with anything but a fly. It requires some training on the part of the trout to take to this method.

To own a bit of ground, to scratch it with a hoe, to plant seeds, and watch the renewal of life - this is the commonest delight of the race, the most satisfactory thing a man can do.

There is nothing that disgusts a man like getting beaten at chess by a woman.

What small potatoes we all are, compared with what we might be!