graceful composure Quotes

Virtue may be cheerful without forgetting its dignity.

No man in his heart is quite so cynical as a well-bred woman.

Silence and chaste reserve is woman's genuine praise, and to remain quiet within the house.

Older people are most beautiful when they have what is lacking in the young: poise, erudition, wisdom, phronesis, and this post-heroic absence of agitation.

A gentleman makes no noise; a lady is serene.

True men" ... are strong willed, have dignity in their demeanor, serenity in their expression. They are cool like autumn, warm like spring. Their passions arise like the four seasons, in harmony with the ten thousand creatures, and no one knows their limits.

I have seen some who did not know when to turn aside their eyes in meeting yours. A truly confident and magnanimous spirit is wiser than to contend for the mastery in such encounters. Serpents alone conquer by the steadiness of their gaze. My friend looks me in the face and sees me, that is all.

What is pertinent is the calmness of that beauty, its sense of restraint.