People blush at praise--not only praise of their bodies, but praise of anything that is theirs.
The proper motto is not Be good, sweet maid, and let who can be clever, but Be good sweet maid, and don't forget that this involves being as clever as you can. God is no fonder of intellectual slackers than any other slackers.
The mouse is a fair treat but this one would talk the hind legs off a donkey.
The door on which we have been knocking all our lives will open at last.
I object to that remark very strongly! - The Magician's Nephew
But all night, Aslan and the Moon gazed upon each other with joyful and unblinking eyes.