A man's real possession is his memory. In nothing else is he rich, in nothing else is he poor.

More Quotes by Alexander Smith

How deeply seated in the human heart is the liking for gardens and gardening.

Love is but the discovery of ourselves in others, and the delight in the recognition.

I would rather be remembered by a song than by a victory.

Death is the ugly fact which Nature has to hide, and she hides it well.

A man doesn't plant a tree for himself. He plants it for posterity.

We bury love; Forgetfulness grows over it like grass: That is a thing to weep for, not the dead.