How deeply seated in the human heart is the liking for gardens and gardening.

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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.

In life there is nothing more unexpected and surprising than the arrivals and departures of...

In life there is nothing more unexpected and surprising than the arrivals and departures of...

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.

I go into my library and all history unrolls before me.

I go into my library and all history unrolls before me.

We bury love; Forgetfulness grows over it like grass: That is a thing to weep...

We bury love; Forgetfulness grows over it like grass: That is a thing to weep...

The man who in this world can keep the whiteness of his soul is not...

The man who in this world can keep the whiteness of his soul is not...

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...

Christmas is the day that holds all time together.

Christmas is the day that holds all time together.

There is no ghost so difficult to lay as the ghost of an injury.

There is no ghost so difficult to lay as the ghost of an injury.

To sit for one's portrait is like being present at one's own creation.

To sit for one's portrait is like being present at one's own creation.

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...

In life there is nothing more unexpected and surprising than the arrivals and departures of...

In life there is nothing more unexpected and surprising than the arrivals and departures of...

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...

Christmas is the day that holds all time together.

Christmas is the day that holds all time together.

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.

Trees are your best antiques

Trees are your best antiques

I would rather be remembered by a song than by a victory.

I would rather be remembered by a song than by a victory.

If you wish to make a man look noble, your best course is to kill...

If you wish to make a man look noble, your best course is to kill...

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.