Against stupidity the very gods themselves contend in vain.

It does not prove a thing to be right because the majority say it is so.

Truth is more than a dream and a song.

Be true, and thou shalt fetter time with everlasting chain.

It is play and only play that makes man complete.

The will of man is his happiness.

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.