“It is not a new opinion that the Golden Bough was the mistletoe. True, Virgil does not identify but only compares it with the mistletoe. But this may be only a poetical device to cast a mystic glamour over the humble plant.”

Colour in the Garden

Source: The Golden Bough (1890), Chapter 69, Farewell to Nemi.

Source: Academy Series - Priscilla "Hutch" Hutchins, Omega (2003), Chapter 33 (p. 348)

A Call to Order (1926)

The Vow of the Peacock (1835)

Source: Against Method (1975), p. 46.

Source: You Get So Alone at Times That it Just Makes Sense

"Definition of a Gentleman" http://xroads.virginia.edu/~CAP/LEE/gentdef.html, a memorandum found in his papers after his death, as quoted in Lee the American (1912) by Gamaliel Bradford, p. 233
Context: The forbearing use of power does not only form a touchstone, but the manner in which an individual enjoys certain advantages over others is a test of a true gentleman.
The power which the strong have over the weak, the employer over the employed, the educated over the unlettered, the experienced over the confiding, even the clever over the silly — the forbearing or inoffensive use of all this power or authority, or a total abstinence from it when the case admits it, will show the gentleman in a plain light.
The gentleman does not needlessly and unnecessarily remind an offender of a wrong he may have committed against him. He cannot only forgive, he can forget; and he strives for that nobleness of self and mildness of character which imparts sufficient strength to let the past be but the past. A true man of honor feels humbled himself when he cannot help humbling others.

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 440.