Flowers are the sweetest things God ever made, and forgot to
put a soul into.  ~Henry Beecher, Life Thoughts, 1858

Earth laughs in flowers.  ~Ralph Waldo Emerson,
"Hamatreya"

I'd rather have roses on my table than diamonds on my neck.
 ~Emma Goldman

The temple bell stops but I still hear the sound coming out
of the flowers.  ~Basho

To be overcome by the fragrance of flowers is a delectable
form of defeat.  ~Beverly Nichols

Flowers... are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty
outvalues all the utilities of the world.  ~Ralph Waldo
Emerson, 1844

A morning-glory at my window satisfies me more than the
metaphysics of books.  ~Walt Whitman

The violets in the mountains have broken the rocks. 
~Tennessee Williams

Break open a cherry tree and there are no flowers, but the
spring breeze brings forth myriad blossoms.  ~Ikkyu Sojun

Perfumes are the feelings of flowers.  ~Heinrich Heine, The
Hartz Journey