The mind doth shape itself to its own wants, and can bear all things. Joanna Baillie More Quotes by Joanna Baillie More Quotes From Joanna Baillie Ah! happy is the man whose early lot Hath made him master of a furnish'd cot; Who trains the vine that round his window grows, And after setting sun his garden hoes; Whose wattled pails his own enclosure shield, Who toils not daily in another's field. Joanna Baillie women garden home Tis ever thus when favours are denied; Joanna Baillie favors soul rooms It ever is the marked propensity of restless and aspiring minds to look into the stretch of dark futurity. Joanna Baillie mind dark looks The plainest case in many words entangling. Joanna Baillie cases It is so seldom that a young fellow has any inclination for the company of an old man. . . Joanna Baillie old-man young men My day is closed! the gloom of night is come! a hopeless darkness settles over my fate. Joanna Baillie fate darkness night