"I'm only wishing to go a-fishing;For this..." - Quote by Henry Van Dyke

“Some people are so afraid do die that they never begin to live.”

“It is better to desire the things we have than to have the things we desire.”

“It is better to follow even the shadow of the best, than to remain content with the worst.”

“The wind in the grain is the caress to the spouse; it is the hand of peace stroking her hair.”

“A few melancholy birds were pipping and wailing, until the round red sun sank slowly into the western shadows; then an empty silence fell”

“There was a four year old child whose next door neighbor was an elderly gentleman who had recently lost his wife.Upon seeing the man cry, the little boy went into the old gentleman's yard, climbed onto his lap, and just sat there.When his Mother asked what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy said,“Nothing, I just helped him cry.²”“Even after all this timethe sun never says to the earth“You owe me”Look what happens with a love like that,It lights the whole sky..””

“Leisure is the time for doing something useful.”

“If you enjoyed the time you wasted, then it wasn't wasted time.”

“Cultivated leisure is the aim of man.”