I always think the flowers can see us and know what we are thinking
about.--_George Eliot._
What a desolate place would be a world without a flower! It would be a
face without a smile,--a feast without a welcome! Are not flowers the
stars of the earth? and are not our stars the flowers of heaven?--_Mrs.
Balfour._
What a pity flowers can utter no sound! A singing rose, a whispering
violet, a murmuring honeysuckle,--oh, what a rare and exquisite miracle
would these be!--_Beecher._
The bright mosaic, that with storied beauty, the floor of nature's
temple tessellate.--_Horace Smith._
~Fools.~--You pity a man who is lame or blind, but you never pity him for
being a fool, which is often a much greater misfortune.--_Sydney Smith._