Tall oaks grow from little acorns.Testing. This is the text of an item. Testing. Origin. Testing. Quoted. Testing. Source. The diligent farmer plants trees, of which he himself will never see the fruit.

Judge not by the number, but by the weight.

When you have no basis for an argument, abuse the plaintiff.

Hatred is settled anger.

You might as well take the sun out of the sky as friendship from life: for the immortal gods have given us nothing better or more delightful.

I look upon the pleasure which we take in a garden as one of the most innocent delights in human life. . . It gives us a great insight into the contrivance and wisdom of Nature, and suggests innumerable subjects for meditation.

When time and need require, we should resist with all our might, and prefer death to slavery and disgrace.