My life has been a continuous fulfillment of dreams. It appears that everything I saw and did has a new, and perhaps, more significant meaning, every time I see it. The earth is good. It is a privilege to live thereon.

The man who worries morning and night about the dandelions in the lawn will find great relief in loving the dandelions.

When the traveler goes alone he gets acquainted with himself.

There is no excellence without labor. One cannot dream oneself into either usefulness or happiness.

Is there any progress in horticulture? If not, it is dead, uninspiring. We cannot live in the past good as it is; we must draw our inspiration from the future.

No beast has ever overcome the earth; and the natural world has never been conquered by muscular force.

There are two essential epochs in any enterprise - to begin, and to get done.