We may pass violets looking for roses. We may pass contentment looking for victory.
Janos Bolyai
Mathematical discoveries, like springtime violets in the woods, have their season which no man can hasten or retard.
That '70s Show
Leo: Hi, Red. Would you give these to Kitty, please?
[hands Red flowers]
Leo: Oh, and tell her I love her. Thanks.
[leaves]
Red Forman: Oh, Kitty. These are for you. Looks like you got a date with a stoner.
[Red and Kitty laugh]
Kitty Forman: [takes flowers and reads attached note] "Roses
are red, violets are blue. Milk, eggs, coffee."