Gold adulterates one thing only,--the human heart.
Bashfulness is not becoming to maidenhood, though modesty always is.
God has put into the heart of man love and the boldness to sue, and into the heart of woman fear and the courage to refuse.
It is only the educated who can produce or appreciate high art.
Excitement is the drunkenness of the spirits. Only calm waters reflect heaven in their bosom.
No one perfectly loves God who does not perfectly love some of his creatures.