History records the names of royal bastards, but cannot tell us the origin of wheat.

Let us turn elsewhere, to the wasps and bees, who unquestionably come first in the laying up of a heritage for their offspring.

Let us dig our furrow in the fields of the commonplace.

History records the names of royal bastards, but cannot tell us the origin of wheat.

If there is one vegetable which is God-given, it is the haricot bean.

Seek those who find your road agreeable, your personality and mind stimulating, your philosophy acceptable, and your experience helpful. Let those who do not, seek their own kind.

Permanence of instinct must go with permanence of form...The history of the present must teach us the history of the past.