Oliver Wendell Holmes
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Oliver Wendell Holmes was the name of two prominent men, father and son:...
years balance barns
The year is getting to feel rich, for his golden fruits are ripening fast, and he has a large balance in the barns, which are his banks. The members of his family have found out that he is well to do in the world. September is dressing herself in show of dahlias and splendid marigolds and starry zinnias. October, the extravagant sister, has ordered an immense amount of the most gorgeous forest tapestry for her grand reception.
friendship sweet real-friends
But friendship is the breathing rose, with sweets in every fold.
inspirational business wisdom-experience
A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience.
unseen doe servant
The best servant does his work unseen.
love dream kissing
The sound of a kiss is not so loud as that of a cannon, but its echo lasts a great deal longer.
civilization infinite reducing
Civilization is the process of reducing the infinite to the finite.
twilight daylight
Love prefers twilight to daylight.
friendship relationship courtesy
Don't flatter yourselves that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. On the contrary, the nearer you come into relation with a person, the more necessary do tact and courtesy become.
inspiration men age
A person is always startled when he hears himself seriously called an old man for the first time.
apology two-sides ego
Apology is only egotism wrong side out.
morning old-friends no-friends
There is no friend like an old friend who has shared our morning days, no greeting like his welcome, no homage like his praise.
children ems done
I like children; I like 'em, and I respect 'em. Pretty much all the honest truth-telling there is in the world is done by them.
football truth lying
Truth is tough. It will not break, like a bubble, at a touch; nay, you may kick it about all day like a football, and it will be round and full at evening.
nature flower blossoming
The Amen of nature is always a flower.