Gardening is in large measure a phenomenon of attention.
Fortune favors the audacious.
Man's mind is so formed that it is far more susceptible to falsehood than to truth.
It is an unscrupulous intellect that does not pay to antiquity its due reverence.
God has administered to us of the present age, a bitter draught and a harsh physician, on account of our abounding infirmities.
Only a very few can be learned, but all can be Christian, all can be devout, and – I shall boldly add – all can be theologians.
War is delightful to those who have had no experience of it.
What distinguishes tennis is respect for one's opponent, one's conduct on the court.
New knowledge is the most valuable commodity on earth. The more truth we have to work with, the richer we become.
Some sorts of truth are truer than others.
Each work is a surprise and has its own personal and intuitive meaning.