Quotes on Old Wood

Age appears to be best in four things; old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read.

The whole world is, to me, very much "alive" - all the little growing things, even the rocks. I can't look at a swell bit of grass and earth, for instance, without feeling the essential life - the things going on - within them. The same goes for a mountain, or a bit of the ocean, or a magnificent piece of old wood.