Methinks my own soul must be a bright invisible green.
I believe that water is the only drink for a wise man.
In the planting of the seeds of most trees, the best gardeners do no more than follow Nature, though they may not know it.
Every man is the builder of a temple called his body.
I did not wish to live what was not life, living is so dear; nor did I wish to practice resignation, unless it was quite necessary.
. . . I was rich, if not in money, in sunny hours and summer days. . . .