what's the good of having news an' ye must coop it? It's like cold veal pie upon the chest for supper, the same being over old, under done, and dry o' gravy.

Neither a garden nor a gardener can be made in one year, nor in one generation even.

Why is it that so many people think that charity consists in giving away merely what they cannot use instead of the article the recipient needs?

in the city at best one lives the life of others, the life of the shop, the street, the crowd, while in the country one must live one's own life.

it is really astonishing how few colors are inharmonious when they are profusely massed and have green for a background.

what is life worth if one has nothing to give away? This lack, it seems to me, must be the sharpest pang of poverty.

I have always noticed that when people consider others eccentric, it is because they are reveling in some form of enjoyment that their critics can neither compass nor share.

Let everyone who makes garden plans frequently insert the letters C.P. in them as a reminder, the same standing for climate permitting.

It doesn't so much matter what one loves. To love is the transfiguring thing.

Mother love is invariably held sacred, as it should be, but why has father love never had its due?

Surely there is no greater garden for human-nature study than the flotsam and jetsam of the hospital.

A state of war is not a blank check for the president when it comes to the rights of the nation's citizens.

His heart missed a beat and never regretted the lovely loss.

I’m Emma. I’m here to make you see the meaning of your life.” Her exalted words were totally conquered by her dragging tone and lack of eye contact.

Neglected dreams become regrets.

You know what they say: A woman needs a man about as much as a fish needs a bicycle.

I was very lucky in as much as I played a lot of tennis.

What we need is an electronic encyclopedia of life, with one page for each species. On each page is given everything known about that species.

Never was strumpet faire.

Howard and Shirley were clothed, always, in an invisible layer of decorum that they never laid aside.

I think the shows are better when I feel like myself.