As Paradise (though of God's own Planting) was no longer Paradise than the Man was put into it, to dress it and to keep it, so nor will our Gardens remain long in their perfection unless they are also continually cultivated.
John EvelynWe adorn graves with flowers and redolent plants, just emblems of the life of man, which has been compared in the Holy Scriptures to those fading beauties whose roots, being buried in dishonor, rise again in glory.
John EvelynI am utterly against those confused Olios, into which men put almost all kinds of meats and Roots.
John EvelynThis knight was indeed a valiant gentleman; but not a little given to romance, when he spake of himself.
John Evelyn