“Every man's road in life is marked by the graves of his personal likings.”

“The saddest thing that befalls a soul is when it loses faith in God and woman.”

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

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

“Death is the ugly fact which Nature has to hide, and she hides it well.”

“Christmas is the day that holds all time together.”

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

“Trifles make up the happiness or the misery of mortal life.”

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

“Everything is sweetened by risk.”

“There is nothing good in this world which time does not improve.”