happiness makes us older, less romantic, less in need of dreams. Discontent, not happiness, is the food of youth and poetry.
A garden is one of the few expressions of man's nature that is altogether benign.
the urgent crowds out the essential.
leisure is an attitude of mind, not simply remission of work.
If you would be happy all your life, plant a garden.
Enthusiasm is a plant which grows variously in the varying soils of different natures.