Mankind is not a circle with a single center but an ellipse with two focal points of which facts are one and ideas the other.

The wise man is he who knows when and how to stop

The beautiful has but one type, the ugly has a thousand.

The truth of an upright man must be accepted on his own terms. Moreover, since natures vary, we must agree that all the beauties of human excellence may be fostered by faiths that we do not share.

He would give all of his clothes to his servant, admonishing him NOT to return them until he had completed his day's work.

Love partakes of the soul itself. it is of the same nature. like it, it is a divine spark, like it, it is incorruptible, indivisible, imperishable, it is the point of fire which is within us, which is immortal and infinite, which nothing can limit and nothing can extinguish.

She was a lovely blonde, with fine teeth. She had gold and pearls for her dowry; but her gold was on her head, and her pearls were in her mouth.