Every thoughtful pin on pinterest has beauty. But not everyone can see.

The naked woman's body is a portion of eternity too great for the eye of man.

We hate poetry that has a palpable design upon us—and if we do not agree, seems to put its hand in its breeches pocket. Poetry should be great & unobtrusive, a thing which enters into one's soul, and does not startle it or amaze it with itself but with its subject.

Through primrose tufts, in that sweet bower, The periwinkle trailed its wreaths; And 'tis my faith that every flower Enjoys the air it breathes.

What art was to the ancient world, Science is to the modern; the distinctive faculty. In the minds of men, the useful has succeeded to the beautiful.

And since beauty must be broken daily to remain beautiful, and he is static, his life stagnates in a china sea.

As for the beauty of women, it is like the light on the sea, never constant to a single wave. They all have it; they all lose it.

Since with all my soul I behold the face of my beloved, therefore all the beauty of his form is seen in me.

Junk is in the eyes of the beholder. Some look, but others see.

It takes great courage to see the world in all its tainted glory, and still to love it. And even more courage to see it in the one you love

Plain women are always jealous of their husbands. Beautiful women never are. They are always so occupied with being jealous of other women's husbands.

You love the beauty that you can see and touch and handle, the beauty that you can destroy, and do destroy, but of the unseen beauty of life, of the unseen beauty of a higher life, you know nothing. You lost life's secret.