Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.Thinkers

An Apology is rarely cured.

The City is the place around which the world revolves. The axis of the earth sticks out visibly through the centre of each and every town or city.

Coffee is a beverage which has an exhilaration about it in the morning which the cheering influence of the afternoon or evening cup of tea cannot be expected to reproduce.

Fame is best a byproduct, not a goal — it usually comes to those who are thinking about something else.

The Flower is the amen of nature.

Friendship is the breathing rose, with sweets in every fold.

Ignorance is as much a man's private property, and as precious in his own eyes, as his family Bible.

Insanity is often the logic of an accurate mind overtasked. A weak mind does not accumulate force enough to hurt itself; stupidity often saves a man from going mad.

Insight is a moment that is sometimes worth a life's experience.

The Kiss's sound is not so loud as that of a cannon, but its echo lasts a deal longer.