Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Quotes & Sayings

“Where we love is home - home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts.”

“Love is the master key that opens the gates of happiness, of hatred, of jealousy, and, most easily of all, the gate of fear.”

“But friendship is the breathing rose, with sweets in every fold.”

“Speak clearly, if you speak at all; carve every word before you let it fall.”

“I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving: To reach the port of heaven, we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it - but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor.”

“There is no friend like an old friend who has shared our morning days, no greeting like his welcome, no homage like his praise.”

“Insanity is often the logic of an accurate mind overtasked.”

“The sound of a kiss is not so loud as that of a cannon, but its echo lasts a great deal longer.”

“Without wearing any mask we are conscious of, we have a special face for each friend.”

“The Amen of nature is always a flower.”