Nathaniel Parker WillisThinkers

A Flirt is like a dipper attached to a hydrant ; every one is at liberty to drink from it, but no one desires to carry it away.

Flirtation is a circulating library, in which we seldom ask twice for the same volume.

Gentleness is the great point to be obtained in the study of manners.

Gratitude is not only the memory but the homage of the heart rendered to God for his goodness.

June is the month of leaves and roses, when pleasant sights salute the eyes, and pleasant scents the noses.

Maturity is most rapid in the low latitudes, where pineapples and women most do thrive.

Spring is a beautiful piece of work; and not to be in the country to see it done is the not realizing what glorious masters we are, and how cheerfully, minutely, and unflaggingly the fair fingers of the season broider the world for us.

Taste is an aspect of genius itself, and is the faculty of delicate appreciation, which makes the best effects of art our own.

Temptation has a music for all ears.

Vulgarity is more obvious in satin than in homespun.