“Weeds are luckier than flowers because they are not killed for their beauties!”

“There must be every kind of books in your library. The most beautiful gardens are those with many different flowers, with all kinds of herbs and weeds!”

“It is perfectly possible that a grandfather can have a more scientific mind than his grandchildren! Societies do not always go forward! Sometimes old generations are much luckier!”

“The goodnesses you do will beautifully cover you like the beautiful flowers covering a country house!”

“Flowers are the beautiful hairs of the Mother Spring! Don’t pluck them!”

“If you love the roses, that is ordinary; if you love the weeds, that is extraordinary! Rather than being common, be extraordinary!”

“Sun shines with its light; flowers shine with their beauties and men shine with their goodnesses.”