The Italians say that a beautiful woman by her smiles draws tears from our purse.
Nathaniel Parker WillisIf there is anything that keeps the mind open to angel visits, and repels the ministry of ill, it is human love.
Nathaniel Parker WillisThere is no divining-rod whose dip shall tell us at twenty what we shall most relish at thirty.
Nathaniel Parker WillisWisdom, sits alone, topmost in heaven: she is its light, its God; and in the heart of man she sits as high, though groveling minds forget her oftentimes, seeing but this world's idols.
Nathaniel Parker Willis