Hearing a young lady highly praised for her beauty, Gotthold asked: What kind of beauty do you mean ? Merely that of the…

— Gotthold

Gaze not on beauty too much, lest it blast thee; nor too long, lest it blind thee; nor too near, lest it burn thee. If t…

— F. Quarles

TRUE worth is in being, not seeming— In doing each day that goes by Some little good—not in the dreaming Of great things…

— Unknown

That which is striking and beautiful is not always good; but that which is good is always beautiful.

— Ninon de l'Enclos

If good people would but make their goodness agreeable, and smile instead of frowning in their virtue, how many would th…

— Usher

lukewarm thing we have painted it to be, which offends every person who has vitality. It is rather adventurous, attracti…

— Rollo May.