leisure is an attitude of mind, not simply remission of work.
A garden is one of the few expressions of man's nature that is altogether benign.
Enthusiasm is a plant which grows variously in the varying soils of different natures.
Understanding, above all, is a gift we should never offer uninvited.
Summer weather, like being in love,is a philosopher's stone which turns our ordinary days to gold. But not the whole day ... For it is never the whole day, never all our life which is transformed in any happiness, but only the exquisite moments.
The sorrows of children are profound and unsuspected.