"The artist is the confidant of nature, flowers carry on dialogues with him through the graceful bending of their stems and the harmoniously tinted nuances of their blossoms, Every flower has a cordial word which nature directs towards him."
(Auguste Rodin)

Red Hollyhock

"Flowers are the sweetest things God ever made and forgot to put a soul into."
(Henry Ward Beecher 1813 - 1887)

Red Thistle

"It is good for a man to eat thistles and to remember that he is an ass."
(E. S. Dallas)