Art is the unceasing effort to compete with the beauty of flowers - and never succeeding.
Strength of character may be learned at work, but beauty of character is learned at home.
Personality is more important than beauty, but imagination is more important than both of them.
Nothing can atone for the lack of modesty without which beauty is ungraceful and wit detestable.
The beauty we love is very silent. It smiles softly to itself, but never speaks.
