If the art of gardening is at last to turn back from her extravagances and rest with her other sisters, it is, above everything, necessary to have clearly before you what you require . . . It is certainly tasteless and inconsistent to desire to encompass the world with a garden-wall, but very practicable and reasonable to make a garden . . . into a characteristic whole to the eye, heart, and nderstanding alike.

To save all we must risk all.

Virtue, though clothed in a beggar's garb, commands respect.

A brave man hazards life, but not his conscience.

The first great law is to obey.

Wise to resolve, patient to perform.

Foster the beautiful, and every hour thou tallest new flowers to birth.