The silence often of pure innocence persuades when speaking fails.

The silence often of pure innocence persuades when speaking fails.

O, white innocence,
That thou shouldst wear the mask of guilt to hide
Thine awful and serenest read more

O, white innocence,
That thou shouldst wear the mask of guilt to hide
Thine awful and serenest countenance
From those who know thee not!

Unto the pure all things are pure.

Unto the pure all things are pure.

Innocence plays in the backyard of ignorance

Innocence plays in the backyard of ignorance

The innocent and the beautiful Have no enemy but time

The innocent and the beautiful Have no enemy but time

We become innocent when we are unfortunate.
[Fr., On devient innocent quand on est malheureux.]

We become innocent when we are unfortunate.
[Fr., On devient innocent quand on est malheureux.]

As innocent as a new-laid egg.

As innocent as a new-laid egg.

There is no aphrodisiac like innocence.

There is no aphrodisiac like innocence.

All things truly wicked start from innocence.

All things truly wicked start from innocence.