Quotes by : Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.

Language is the blood of the soul into which thoughts run and out of which they grow.

There's nothing that keeps its youth, so far as I know, but a tree and truth.

Don't flatter yourself that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. The....

I hate paying taxes. But I love the civilization they give me

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

When I think of talking, it is of course with a woman. For talking at its best being an inspiration,....

It's faith in something and enthusiasm for something that makes a life worth living.

The Last LeafI saw him once before,As he passed by the door,And againThe pavement stones resound,As he....

Every now and then a man's mind is stretched by a new idea or sensation, and never shrinks back to its....

What refuge is there for the victim who is oppressed with the feeling that there are a thousand new books....