There are many sham diamonds in this life which pass for real, and vice versa.

The moral world has no particular objection to vice, but an insuperable repugnance to hearing vice called by its proper name.

A man -- I let the truth out --
Who's had almost every tooth out,
Cannot sing as once he sang,
When he was young as you are young,
When he was young and lutes were strung,
And love-lamps in the casement hung.

What peace, what love, what truth, what beauty, what happiness for all, what generous kindness for you and me, are here spread out!

Learn to admire rightly; the great pleasure of life is that.

Then sing as Martin Luther sang:"Who loves not wine, woman, and song,He is a fool his whole life long!"