A great artist can paint a great picture on a small canvas.
A well known American writer said once that, while everybody talked about the weather, nobody seemed to do anything about it.
The love of dirt is among the earliest of passions, as it is the latest.
It is difficult to be emphatic when no one is emphatic on the other side.
What small potatoes we all are, compared with what we might be!
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.