It is a pleasure to stand upon the shore, and to see ships tost upon the sea: a pleasure to read more

It is a pleasure to stand upon the shore, and to see ships tost upon the sea: a pleasure to stand in the window of a castle, and to see a battle and the adventures thereof below: but no pleasure is comparable to standing upon the vantage ground of truth... and to see the errors, and wanderings, and mists, and tempests, in the vale below.

Beauty is desired in order that it may be befouled; not for its own sake, but for the joy brought read more

Beauty is desired in order that it may be befouled; not for its own sake, but for the joy brought by the certainty of profaning it.

Love begins with a smile, grows with a kiss, and ends with a teardrop.

Love begins with a smile, grows with a kiss, and ends with a teardrop.

In everything, satiety closely follows the greatest pleasures.

In everything, satiety closely follows the greatest pleasures.

Love is only the game that is not called on account of darkness.

Love is only the game that is not called on account of darkness.

Beauty is in the heart of the beholder.

Beauty is in the heart of the beholder.

Man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression and retaliation. the foundation of such a read more

Man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression and retaliation. the foundation of such a method is love.

Of all the tyrants the world affords,
Our own affections are the fiercest lords.

Of all the tyrants the world affords,
Our own affections are the fiercest lords.

There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness.

There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness.