“Trees don't grow to the sky.”

“Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong.”

“When nations grow old, the Arts grow cold,
And Commerce settles on every tree.”

“Trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.”

“A tree cannot grow in its parents’ shadows.”

“The silvery tree opens
to an empty sky —
maybe it is better
that I am not your husband.”

“The trees are in their autumn beauty,
The woodland paths are dry,
Under the October twilight the water
Mirrors a still sky.”

“It is said that in some countries trees will grow, but will bear no fruit because there is no winter there.”

“The tree that would grow to heaven must send its roots to hell.”

“They sailed away for a year and a day
To the land where the bong-tree grows.”