Bird cages are nothing of incredible value, but I like them.
The cottage garden; most for use designed, Yet not of beauty destitute.
A Senator is like a begonia, showy but useless.
The hair is the richest ornament of women.
I have to report to those of you who think diamonds make a difference that I cannot tell what it is. Seriously, as you all know, they make no difference at all. They just make the flute look a little more special.
The mere wit is only a human bauble. He is to life what bells are to horses-not expected to draw the load, but only to jingle while the horses draw.
Beauty is commonly a gratification of our sense of costliness masquerading under the name of beauty.