Nature has thrown a veil of modest beauty over maidenhood and moss-roses.
The Italians say that a beautiful woman by her smiles draws tears from our purse.
Gentleness is the great point to be obtained in the study of manners.
Fine taste is an aspect of genius itself, and is the faculty of delicate appreciation, which makes the best effects of art our own.
Vulgarity is more obvious in satin than in homespun.
Spring is a beautiful piece of work; and not to be in the country to see it done is the not realizing what glorious masters we are, and how cheerfully, minutely, and unflaggingly the fair fingers of the season broider the world for us.