That which we call a rose
by any other name would smell as sweet.
William Shakespeare
Once I had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read the description in the catalogue: no good in a bed, but fine up against a wall. Eleanor Roosevelt
It is at the edge of the petal that love waits. William Carlos Williams
A thorn defends the rose, harming only those who would steal the blossom.
Chinese proverb
Send two dozen roses to Room 424 and put "Emily, I love you" on the back of the bill. Groucho Marx
You are responsible, forever, for what you have tamed. You are responsible for your rose. Antoine de Saint-Exupery
And I will make thee beds of roses
And a thousand fragrant posies. Christopher Marlowe
God gave us memory so that we might have roses in December.
J. M. Barrie, British Playwright
Stunning macros. My favourite is the last one. Good quotes too.