Beautiful Sayings

1 — Love is measured by the amount of vitality it generates in the lovers.

2 — The effect of learning upon people's heads is like the effect of marble in the hands of an artist sculptor.

3 — The lady of perfect elegance feels an inward tranquility which even religion itself is powerless to create in her after this fashion.

4 — He who seeks happiness by performing a number of good works is like one who strives to light up his night by striking a number of matchsticks.

5 — The wretched man listens for the hours of the clock at every moment; the happy man forgets what day of the month it is.

6 — Talking with a friend is like eating a delicious meal, which we must finish before we have had our fill of it.

7 — In the first campaigns demanding woman's rights in America, a young lawyer stepped up to a lady who was speaking with fervor to a crowd of people and said to her:
'All your talk is empty and without meaning! Every girl in America would rather be beautiful than clever!'
The lady answered him on the spot:
'Quite true! For few of our men are blind, but most of them are simpletons.'

8 — Make up every bed as though you were preparing it to sleep in yourself!

9 — How dare we criticize others, when we know well how ignorant they are of our private affairs, and in pronouncing their judgment upon us?

10 — Silk was invented so that woman might wear it and remain naked!

11 — Busying yourself with what does not concern you is worse than remaining without work!