The sound of a kiss is not so loud as that of a cannon, but its echo lasts a great deal longer. Votes: 7
The mind of a bigot to the pupil of the eye; the more light you pour on it, the more it contracts. Votes: 7
A person is always startled when he hears himself seriously called an old man for the first time. Votes: 4
Sweet is the scene where genial friendship plays the pleasing game of interchanging praise. Votes: 3
Many ideas grow better when transplanted into another mind than in the one where they sprang up. Votes: 2
The world's great men have not commonly been great scholars, nor its great scholars great men. Votes: 0
Love prefers twilight to daylight. Votes: 0