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- And so, at the age of thirty, I had successively disgraced myself with three fine institutions, each of which had made me free of its full and rich resources, had trained me with skill and patience, and had shown me nothing but forbearance and charity when I failed in trust. — Simon Raven
- Purity of personal life is the one indispensable condition for building up a sound education. — Mohandas Gandhi
- So near is falsehood to truth that a wise man would do well not to trust himself on the narrow edge. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
- The lesson I have thoroughly learnt, and wish to pass on to others, is to know the enduring happiness that the love of a garden gives. — Gertrude Jekyll
- It is no use asking me or anyone else how to dig... Better to go and watch a man digging, and then take a spade and try to do it. — Gertrude Jekyll
- There is no spot of ground, however arid, bare or ugly, that cannot be tamed into such a state as may give an impression of beauty and delight. — Gertrude Jekyll