The best compost for the lands
Is the wise master’s feet and hands
— Robert Herrick

Praise a great estate
But cultivate a small one
— Virgil

The agricultural population produces the bravest men, the most valiant soldiers, and a class a citizens least given to evil designs
— Cato

Of all occupations from which gain is secured, there is none better than agriculture, nothing more productive, nothing sweeter, nothing more worthy of a free man.
— Cicero

A plowman on his legs is higher than a Gentleman on his knees.
— Benjamin Franklin