Do not hold everything as gold which shines like gold.

Do not hold everything as gold which shines like gold.

I often think that the night is more alive and more richly colored than the day.

I often think that the night is more alive and more richly colored than the day.

Everything is not gold that one sees shining.
[Fr., Que tout n'est pas or c'on voit luire.]

Everything is not gold that one sees shining.
[Fr., Que tout n'est pas or c'on voit luire.]

Why not be oneself? That is the whole secret of a successful appearance. If one is a greyhound, why try read more

Why not be oneself? That is the whole secret of a successful appearance. If one is a greyhound, why try to look like a Pekingese?

Appearance is something you should definitely consider when you're going out. Have your girlfriend clip your nails or something like read more

Appearance is something you should definitely consider when you're going out. Have your girlfriend clip your nails or something like that.

They look quite promising in the shop; and not entirely without hope when I get them back into my wardrobe. read more

They look quite promising in the shop; and not entirely without hope when I get them back into my wardrobe. But then, when I put them on they tend to deteriorate with a very strange rapidity and one feels so sorry for them.

UGLINESS, n. A gift of the gods to certain women, entailing virtue without humility.

UGLINESS, n. A gift of the gods to certain women, entailing virtue without humility.

When I see a bird that walks like a duck and swims like a duck and quacks like a duck, read more

When I see a bird that walks like a duck and swims like a duck and quacks like a duck, I call that bird a duck.

There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have read more

There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.