"Unless a tree has borne blossoms in spring, you will vainly look for fruit on it in autumn"

"Trust dies but mistrust blossoms"

"Bee to the blossom, moth to the flame; Each to his passion; what's in a name?"

"In the hopes of reaching the moon men fail to see the flowers that blossom at their feet"

"One that would have the fruit must climb the tree"

"Great talents are the most lovely and often the most dangerous fruits on the tree of humanity. They hang upon the most slender twigs that are easily snapped off"

"And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom"

"Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit"

"A table, a chair, a bowl of fruit and a violin; what else does a man need to be happy?"

"You've got to go out on a limb sometimes because that's where the fruit is"

"Any human anywhere will blossom in a hundred unexpected talents and capacities simply by being given the opportunity to do so"