When a man of forty falls in love with a girl of twenty, it isn't her youth he is seeking read more

When a man of forty falls in love with a girl of twenty, it isn't her youth he is seeking but his own.

A garden is a grand teacher. It teaches patience and careful watchfulness; it teaches industry and thrift; above all it read more

A garden is a grand teacher. It teaches patience and careful watchfulness; it teaches industry and thrift; above all it teaches entire trust.

To be trusted is a greater complement than to be loved.

To be trusted is a greater complement than to be loved.

How old would you be if you didn't know how old you are?

How old would you be if you didn't know how old you are?

You end up as you deserve. In old age you must put up with the face, the friends, the health, read more

You end up as you deserve. In old age you must put up with the face, the friends, the health, and the children you have earned.

When a noble life has prepared old age, it is not decline that it reveals, but the first days of read more

When a noble life has prepared old age, it is not decline that it reveals, but the first days of immortality.

By candle-light nobody would have taken you for above
five-and-twenty.

By candle-light nobody would have taken you for above
five-and-twenty.

Perfection of means and confusion of ends seem to characterize our age.

Perfection of means and confusion of ends seem to characterize our age.

Never trust anyone who wants what you've got. Friend or no, envy is an overwhelming emotion.

Never trust anyone who wants what you've got. Friend or no, envy is an overwhelming emotion.