The never ending work

"I am thankful for a lawn that needs moving, windows that need cleaning and gutters that need fixing because it means I have a home... I am thankful for the piles of laundry and ironing because it means my loved ones are nearby."

Nancie J. Carmody

There are different kinds of books

"Some books are meant to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested; that is, some books are to be read only in parts; others to be read but not curiously; and some few to be read wholly, and with dilligence and attention."

Francis Bacon

Learning...

"My schooling not only failed to teach me what professed to be teaching, but prevented me from being educated to an extent which infuriates me when I think of all I might have learned at home by my self."

George Bernhard Shaw

He just forgot "a family"...

"May I a small house and a large garden have; and a few friends, and many books, both true, both wise, and both delightful too!"

Abraham Cowley