The more I see of life the more I perceive that only through solitary communion with nature can one gain an idea of its richness and meaning.
It is only in the country that we can get to know a person or a book.
What grape to keep its place in the sun, taught our ancestors to make wine?
We create the world in which we live; if that world becomes unfit for human life, it is because we tire of our responsibility.
Vulgarity is the garlic in the salad of charm.
The past is the only dead thing that smells sweet.