“True beauty is rare, and seldom recognized by the one who possesses it.”

“One who possesses arrogance as a dominant personality trait, rarely has close friends.”

“Beautiful women rarely possess sufficient depth of character to survive without their pretty feathers.”

“Rich men's houses are seldom beautiful, rarely comfortable, and never original. It is a constant source of surprise to people of moderate means to observe how little a big fortune contributes to Beauty.”

“But beauty vanishes; beauty passes;
However rare—rare it be;
And when I crumble, who will remember
This lady of the West Country?”

“A person with taste is merely one who can recognize the greatest beauty in the simplest things.”

“Everything in the world is beautiful, but Man only recognizes beauty if he sees it either seldom or from afar. Listen, today we are gods! Our blue shadows are enormous! We move in a gigantic, joyful world!”

“Youthfulness is not determined by age. It is determined by one's life force. One who possesses hope is forever young. One who continually advances is forever beautiful.”

“True beauty could be discovered only by one who mentally complete the incomplete.”

“By first recognizing false goods, you begin to escape the burden of their influence; then afterwards true goods may gain possession of your spirit.”
Tu quoque falsa tuens bona prius incipe colla iugo retrahere: Vera dehinc animum subierint.