Some people are like ants. Give them a warm day and a piece of ground and they start digging. There the similarity ends. Ants keep... on digging. Most people don't. They establish contact with the soil, absorb so much vernal vigor that they can't stay in one place, and desert the fork or spade to see how the rhubarb is coming and whether the asparagus is yet in sight.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
I revere the memory of Mr. F. as an estimable man and most indulgent husband, only necessary to mention Asparagus and it appeared ...or to hint at any little delicate thing to drink and it came like magic in a pint bottle; it was not ecstasy but it was comfort.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
You needn't tell me that a man who doesn't love oysters and asparagus and good wines has got a soul, or a stomach either. He's sim...ply got the instinct for being unhappy highly developed.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »