“Trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.”

“It is said that in some countries trees will grow, but will bear no fruit because there is no winter there.”

“Here where all the trees grow in rows; the palms stand stiffly by the roadsides, and in the groves the orange trees line in military rows, and endlessly bear fruit. Beautiful, yes; there is always beauty in order, in rows of growing things! But it is the beauty of captivity.”

“Stones and sticks are thrown only at fruit-bearing trees.”

“It is the privilege of the richTo waste the time of the poorTo water with tears in secretA tree that grows in secretThat bears fruit in secretThat ripened falls to the ground in secretAnd manures the parent treeOh the wicked tree of hatred and the secretThe sap rising and the tears falling.”

“Sorrow is a fruit. God does not make it grow on limbs too weak to bear it.”