There was never a nation that became great until it came to the knowledge that it had nowhere in the world to go for help.

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

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.

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.

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

It is difficult to be emphatic when no one is emphatic on the other side.

Mud-pies gratify one of our first and best instincts. So long as we are dirty, we are pure.