A garden is one of the few expressions of man's nature that is altogether benign.

We are perverse creatures and never satisfied.

Enthusiasm is a plant which grows variously in the varying soils of different natures.

As every real estate agent knows, a poor house in good surroundings will sell for a higher price than a better house in poor surroundings, and in a town they confidently ask 25 percent more rent for a flat with a view of a park that for an identical flat with no view.

We love those we are happy with. We do. For how else can we know we love them, or how else define loving?

It is always one of the tragedies of any relationship, even between people sensitive to each other's moods, that the moments of emotion so rarely coincide.

the urgent crowds out the essential.