Nature should be idealised not copied.

Silence is an ornament which is visible from inside. (Le silence est une parure – Qui se voit de l’intérieur)

Wisdom is an ornament of grace to the soul.

To attempt to build up theories of art, or to form a new style, would be an act of supreme folly. It would be at once to reject the experiences and accumulated knowledge of thousands...

Men were created before women. … But that doesn’t prove their superiority – rather, it proves ours, for they were born out of the lifeless earth in order that we could be born out of...

So may the outward shows be least themselves:The world is still deceived with ornament.In law, what plea so tainted and corrupt,But, being seasoned with a gracious voice,Obscures the show of evil? In religion,What damned error,...

Look on beauty,And you shall see ’tis purchased by the weight;Which therein works a miracle in nature,Making them lightest that wear most of it:So are those crisped snaky golden locksWhich make such wanton gambols with...

[A] smile is the most becomingornament that any lady can wear.

Just think how beautiful you can be if kindness is your ornament of beauty.