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

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

Youth fades, love droops, the leaves of friendship fall; A mother's secret hope outlives them all.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

Death tugs at my ear and says, 'Live. I am coming.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

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

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

Put not your trust in money, but put your money in trust.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

A man's mind is stretched by a new idea or sensation, and never shrinks back to its former dimensions.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

To be seventy years young is sometimes far more cheerful and hopeful than to be forty years old.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

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

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

Beware how you take away hope from another human being.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

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

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.