landscape

  the road to a friend’s house is never long — i don’t know who said that

  Heavy hearts, like heavy clouds in the sky, are best relieved by the letting of a little water. — Antoine Rivarol

  He that thinks he can afford to be negligent is not far from being poor. — Samuel Johnson said that

  The rich, sweet smell of the hayricks rose to his chamber window; the hundred perfumes of the little flower-garden beneath scented the air around; the deep-green meadows shone in the morning dew that glistened on every leaf as it…