The tenure of a literary reputation is the most uncertain and fluctuating of all.

A great artist can paint a great picture on a small canvas.

What a man needs in gardening is a cast-iron back, with a hinge in it.

Lettuce is like conversation; it must be fresh and crisp, so sparkling that you scarcely notice the bitter in it.

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

One of the advantages of pure congregational singing is that you can join in the singing whether you have a voice or not. The disadvantage is that your neighbor can do the same.

There are those who say that trees shade the garden too much, and interfere with the growth of the vegetables. There may be something in this:but when I go down the potato rows, the rays of the sun glancing upon my shining blade, the sweat pouring down my face, I should be grateful for shade.