Spade! Thou art a tool of honor in my hands. I press thee, through a yielding soil, with pride.

Life is divided into three terms - that which was, which is, and which will be. Let us learn from the past to profit by the present, and from the present, to live better in the future.

A brotherhood of venerable trees.

Faith is, necessary to explain anything, and to reconcile the foreknowledge of God with human evil.

Choice word and measured phrase above the reach Of ordinary men.

The dew was falling fast, the stars began to blink I heard a voice it said Drink, pretty creature, drink'

May books and nature be their early joy!