People always overdo the matter when they attempt deception.

There is no moment of delight in any pilgrimage like the beginning of it.

Happy is said to be the family which can eat onions together. They are, for the time being, separate, from the world, and have a harmony of aspiration.

Goodness comes out of people who bask in the sun, as it does out of a sweet apple roasted before the fire.

Perhaps nobody ever accomplishes all that he feels lies in him to do; but nearly every one who tries his power touches the walls of his being.

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.