“One never notices what has been done; one can only see what remains to be done”

“Gardens are not made by singing 'Oh, how beautiful,' and sitting in the shade. ”

“Humanity needs practical men, who get the most out of their work, and, without forgetting the general good, safeguard their own interests. But humanity also needs dreamers, for whom the disinterested development of an enterprise is so captivating that it becomes impossible for them to devote their care to their own material profit.”

“Never be entirely idle; but either be reading, or writing, or praying or meditating or endeavoring something for the public good”

“It is better to plan less and do more”

“Do anything rather than give yourself to reverie”