“To sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment”

“The thing is to become a master and in your old age to acquire the courage to do what children did when they knew nothing”

“practice makes perfect”

“How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on treating her as if she were a perfectly normal human being. ”

“You were made perfectly to be loved - and surely I have loved you, in the idea of you, my whole life long. ”

“A good garden may have some weeds”