The clearest way into the universe is through a forest wilderness -- John Muir

Patience is a tree whose root is bitter, but its fruit is very sweet -- Canadian Proverb

Around a flowering tree, one finds many insects -- Proverb from New Guinea

He that would have the fruit must climb the tree -- Thomas Fuller

Do not be afraid to go out on a limb ... That's where the fruit is -- Anonymous

-- Even monkeys fall out of trees --

Forests precede civilisations and deserts follow them -- Chateaubriand

People with extraordinary minds, talk about ideas.
People with average minds, talk about events.
People with simple minds, talk about other people.