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.

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.

The love of dirt is among the earliest of passions, as it is the latest.

I do not know the names of all the weeds and plants, I have to do as Adam did in his garden... name things as I find them.

A woman set on anything will walk right through the moral crockery without wincing.

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

Blessed be agriculture! if one does not have too much of it.