Tears are the summer showers to the soul.

The glory of gardening: hands in the dirt, head in the sun, heart with nature. To nurture a garden is to feed not just on the body, but the soul.

Public opinion is no more than this: what people think that other people think.

Alfred Austin said, "Show me your garden and I shall tell you what you are."

Tears are Summer showers to the soul.

We come from the earth, we return to the earth, and in between we garden.

Faded smiles oft linger in the face, While grief's first flakes fall silent on the heart!

There is no gardening without humility. Nature is constantly sending even its oldest scholars to the bottom of the class for some egregious blunder.

Pale January lay In its cradle day by day Dead or living, hard to say.

Exclusiveness in a garden is a mistake as great as it is in society.

Though my verse but roam the air And murmur in the trees, You may discern a purpose there, As in music of the bees.

A lot of people in government don't really read books at all.

Anger is the mother of a whole brood of evil actions. Divorce too often is the bitter fruit of anger.

Life can only be as new as you Choose to be.

I have no interest in cars. I have a plain, used Buick. I could run over 10 people, and you wouldn't be able to describe my car.

Selfishness is the greatest challenge for a coach. Most players are more concerned with making themselves better than the team.

I've done TV and I've done film, and I'm not snobby about it. It's about the project.

Prayer is not just something on our to-do list; it's the breath of our soul.

Sometimes women are so great and powerful, but then they surrender to these vain things. They kind of fall for it.

The sight of such a monument is like continual and stationary music, which one hears for one's good as one approaches it.

Some people pretend to like capers, but the truth is that any dish that tastes good with capers in it tastes even better with capers not in it.