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

The hardest of all is learning to be a well of affection, and not a fountain, to show them that we love them, not when we feel like it, but when they do.

One of the many possible divisions of human beings is into those who make and those who use.

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

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

Perhaps the way with any obsession is to ignore it simply. Not to fight it, since it draws strength from any contact with us, whether hostile or friendly.

Understanding, above all, is a gift we should never offer uninvited.