Simplicity is making the journey of this life with just baggage enough.

A cynic might suggest as the motto of modern life this simple legend-"just as good as the real.

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

Hoeing in the garden on a bright, soft May day, when you are not obligated to, is nearly equal to the delight of going trouting.

The wise man does not permit himself to set up even in his own mind any comparisons of his friends. His friendship is capable of going to extremes with many people, evoked as it is by many qualities.

In onion is strength; and a garden without it lacks flavour. The onion, in its satin wrappings, is among the most beautiful of vegetables; and it is the only one that represents the essence of things. It can almost be said to have a soul.

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