Dear is a child; double dear is a child’s child.
Hold yourself dear; hold others dearest.
Safe appears dear after fear.
Time is dear; dears are time.
Dear deserves devotion.
What’s dear we keep near.
“Dear” rings old — like gold.
“Yes dear,” ranks among the wisest phrases in the English language.
Health is dear; we discover that when it is gone.
Modern Thought Proverbs, Aphorisms and Epigrams 