In The Ardor Of Pursuit Men Soon

To Know Thyself--in Others Self-concern; Would'st Thou Know Others? Read Thyself--and Learn!

If The Art Of Gardening Is At Last To Turn Back From Her Extravagances And Rest With Her Other Sisters, It Is, Above Everything, Necessary To Have Clearly Before You What You Require . . . It Is Certainly Tasteless And Inconsistent To Desire To Encompass The World With A Garden-wall, But Very Practicable And Reasonable To Make A Garden . . . Into A Characteristic Whole To The Eye, Heart, And Nderstanding Alike.

But How Is The Artist To Protect Himself Against The Corruption Of The Age Which Besets Him On All Sides?

Great Souls Endure In Silence.

Chains Of Iron Or Of Silk-both Are Chains.