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May I a small house and large garden have; And a few friends, And many books, both true.
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There is one rule in the garden that is above all others. You must give to nature more than you take. Obey it, and the earth will provide you in glorious abundance.
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Land is not merely soil, it is a fountain of energy flowing through a circuit of soils, plants and animals.
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A garden, you know, is a very usual refuge of a disappointed politician. Accordingly, I have purchased a few acres about nine miles from town, have built a house, and am cultivating a garden.
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If a big wave came at the wrong moment, it would sweep me off into forty-eight-degree water, where I might last twenty minutes. Drowning quickly might be better.
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I study chess eight hours a day, on principle.
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I did not feel a particularly strong call to any one subject, but read voraciously and widely and began to find science interesting.
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In considering any new subject, there is frequently a tendency, first, to overrate what we find to be already interesting or remarkable; and, secondly, by a sort of natural reaction, to undervalue the true state of the case, when we do discover that our notions have surpassed those that were really tenable
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It's much more interesting to embrace who you really are rather than waste energy pretending to be someone else.
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Memory only becomes interesting through its struggle with forgetfulness.
