“Let us learn to appreciate there will be times when the trees will be bare, and look forward to the time when we may pick the fruit
“All my life I have tried to pluck a thistle and plant a flower wherever the flower would grow in thought and mind
“Except during the nine months before he draws his first breath, no man manages his affairs as well as a tree does
“For in the true nature of things, if we rightly consider, every green tree is far more glorious than if it were made of gold and silver
“Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.
“Flowers always make people better, happier, and more helpful; they are sunshine, food and medicine for the soul.