“Life is a selection, no more. The work of the gardener is simply to destroy this weed, or that shrub, or that tree, and leave this other to grow. The library is gradually made inestimable by taking out from the superabounding mass of books all but the best. The palace is a selection of materials; its architecture, a selection of the best effects. Things collect very fast of themselves; the difference between house and house is the wise omissions.”
