A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin.
- H.L. Mencken
To analyze the charms of flowers is like dissecting music,
it is one of those things which it is far better to enjoy,
than to attempt to fully understand.
- Henry T. Tuckerman
The rose has thorns only for those who would gather it.
- Chinese proverb
Whatever a man's age, he can reduce it several years by putting a bright-colored flower in his buttonhole.
- Mark Twain