What a man needs in gardening is a cast iron back, with a hinge in it

What a man needs in gardening is a cast-iron back, with a hinge in it.

No man but feels more of a man in the world if he have a bit of ground that he can call his own. However small it is on the surface, it is four thousand miles deep; and that is a very handsome property.

There is nothing that disgusts a man like getting beaten at chess by a woman

One of the best things in the world to be is a boy; it requires no experience, but needs some practice to be a good one.

There is nothing that disgusts a man like getting beaten at chess by a woman.