A man doesn't plant a tree for himself. He plants it for posterity.

Quote by Alexander Smith

Topics: Alexander Smith Quotes

The dead keep their secrets, and in a while we shall be as wise as...

The dead keep their secrets, and in a while we shall be as wise as...

Death is the ugly fact which Nature has to hide, and she hides it well.

Death is the ugly fact which Nature has to hide, and she hides it well.

A man gazing on the stars is proverbially at the mercy of the puddles in...

A man gazing on the stars is proverbially at the mercy of the puddles in...

The world is not so much in need of new thoughts as that when thought...

The world is not so much in need of new thoughts as that when thought...

Trees are your best antiques

Trees are your best antiques

The saddest thing that befalls a soul Is when it loses faith in God and...

The saddest thing that befalls a soul Is when it loses faith in God and...

Every man's road in life is marked by the graves of his personal liking.

Every man's road in life is marked by the graves of his personal liking.

A great man is the man who does something for the first time.

A great man is the man who does something for the first time.

A man's real possession is his memory. In nothing else is he rich, in nothing...

A man's real possession is his memory. In nothing else is he rich, in nothing...

If you wish to preserve your secret, wrap it up in frankness.

If you wish to preserve your secret, wrap it up in frankness.

We are never happy; we can only remember that we were so once.

We are never happy; we can only remember that we were so once.

The sea complains upon a thousand shores.

The sea complains upon a thousand shores.

A man's real possession is his memory. In nothing else is he rich, in nothing...

A man's real possession is his memory. In nothing else is he rich, in nothing...

Trees are your best antiques.

Trees are your best antiques.

A man's real possession is his memory. In nothing else is he rich, in nothing...

A man's real possession is his memory. In nothing else is he rich, in nothing...

To be occasionally quoted is the only fame I care for.

To be occasionally quoted is the only fame I care for.

To be occasionally quoted is the only fame I care for.

To be occasionally quoted is the only fame I care for.

Books are a finer world within the world.

Books are a finer world within the world.

There is more treasure in books than in all the pirate's loot on Treasure Island.

There is more treasure in books than in all the pirate's loot on Treasure Island.

Memory is the friend of wit, but the treacherous ally of invention; there are many...

Memory is the friend of wit, but the treacherous ally of invention; there are many...