I never had any other desire so strong, and so like covetousness, as that.... I might be master at last of a small house and a large garden, with very moderate conveniences joined to them, and there dedicate the remainder of my life to the culture of them and the study of nature.
Abraham Cowley
Of all ills that one endures, hope is a cheap and universal cure.
Abraham Cowley
It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.