John Ruskin

That country is the richest which nourishes the greatest number of noble and happy human beings.

The essence of lying is in deception, not in words.

To see clearly is poetry, prophecy and religion all in one.

It took me realizing that a broken heart has never actually killed anyone to find the courage to ask for what I want, in just about every situation. That was part of my own growing up.

A mask of gold hides all deformities.

Good breeding differs, if at all, from high breeding only as it gracefully remembers the rights of others, rather than gracefully insists on its own rights.