“There buds the promise of celestial worth.”

“Some promises aren’t worth keeping.”

“For what it’s worth: trust your feelings. I can’t promise that you’ll never get hurt again, but I can promise you the risk is worth it.”

“A gun in the hand is worth a corpse in the Promised Land.”

“I believe in the sacredness of a promise, that a man's word should be as good as his bond; that character — not wealth or power or position — is of supreme worth.”

“Gather the flowers, but spare the buds.”

“Kisses are but like sands of gold and silver, found upon the ground which are not worth much themselves but as they promise a mine near too be dig'd.”

“A worm is in the bud of youth,
And at the root of age.”

“The bud is on the bough again,
The leaf is on the tree.”

“I’m a complicated man, with complicated taste buds.”