Trees are your best antiques.

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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.

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.

If the egotist is weak, his egotism is worthless. If the egotist is strong, acute,...

If the egotist is weak, his egotism is worthless. If the egotist is strong, acute,...

Everything is sweetened by risk.

Everything is sweetened by risk.

If you do your fair day's work, you are certain to get your fair day's...

If you do your fair day's work, you are certain to get your fair day's...

Books are a finer world within the world.

Books are a finer world within the world.

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

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

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

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

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.

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...

Love is but the discovery of ourselves in others, and the delight in the recognition.

Love is but the discovery of ourselves in others, and the delight in the recognition.

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 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...

Trifles make up the happiness or the misery of human life.

Trifles make up the happiness or the misery of human life.

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

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

Trees are your best antiques

Trees are your best antiques

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

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

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.

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

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