O solitude, where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place.
Gardening imparts an organic perspective on the passage of time.
Far happier are the dead methinks than they who look for death and fear it every day.
The bird that flutters least is longest on the wing.
Knowledge is proud that it knows so much; wisdom is humble that it knows no more.
A noisy man is always in the right.