Trees are your best antiques.

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Christmas is the day that holds all time together.

Christmas is the day that holds all time together.

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...

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...

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.

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...

Everything is sweetened by risk.

Everything is sweetened by risk.

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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.

Christmas is the day that holds all time together.

Christmas is the day that holds all time together.

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.

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

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