“Soft is the music that would charm forever;
The flower of sweetest smell is shy and lowly.”

“The sweetest flowers in all the world—
A baby's hands.”

“Unaffected modesty is the sweetest charm of female excellence, the richest gem in the diadem of her honor.”

“Flowers are the sweetest things God ever made and forgot to put a soul into.”

“For sweetest things turn sourest by their deeds; Lillies that fester smell far worse than weeds.”

“Soft as church music.”

“And yet, [Hitler] is not without a certain charm. But it is the soft, almost feminine charm of the Austrian! When he talks it is with a broad Austrian dialect.”

“Flowers lead to books, which lead to thinking and not thinking and then more flowers and music, music. Then many more flowers and many more books.”

“All the charm of all the Muses often flowering in a lonely word.”

“Flowers rejoice when night is done,
Lift their heads to greet the sun;
Sweetest looks and odours raise,
In a silent hymn of praise.”