Who partakes in another's joys is a more humane character than he who partakes in his griefs.

There are many kinds of smiles, each having a distinct character. Some announce goodness and sweetness, others betray sarcasm, bitterness and pride; some soften the countenance by their languishing tenderness, others brighten by their spiritual vivacity.

Softness of smile indicates softness of character.

The greatest of characters, no doubt, would be he, who, free of all trifling accidental helps, could see objects through one grand immutable medium, always at hand, and proof against illusion and time, reflecting every object in its true shape and colour through all the fluctuation of things.

All finery is a sign of littleness.

She neglects her heart who too closely studies her glass.

True love, like the eye, can bear no flaw.