"BENEFACTOR, n. One who makes heavy purchases of ingratitude, without, however, materially affecting the price, which is still within the means of all."

"The bed has become a place of luxury to me! I would not exchange it for all the thrones in the world."

"'Twas in the central chamber had been spread, For her, the bride divine, the nuptial bed; Of Indian ivory form'd, it shunned the eye, Veiled by its covering of the crimson dye."

""Or he might say: 'Whereas some recluses and brahmins, while living on food offered by the faithful, enjoy the use of high and luxurious beds and seats, such as: spacious couches; thrones with animal figures carved on the supports; long-haired coverlets; multi-colored patchwork coverlets; white woollen coverlets; woollen coverlets embroidered with flowers; quilts stuffed with cotton; woollen coverlets embroidered with animal figures; woollen coverlets with hair on both sides or on one side; bedspreads embroidered with gems; silk coverlets; dance-hall carpets; elephant, horse or chariot rugs; rugs of antelope-skins; choice spreads made of kadali-deer hides; spreads with red awnings overhead; couches with red cushions for the head and feet — the recluse Gotama abstains from the use of such high and luxurious beds and seats.'"

"Saturday morning, jumped out of bed and put on my best suit. Got in my car and raced like a jet, all the way to you."

"Rise with the lark and with the lark to bed."

"O bed! O bed! delicious bed! That heaven upon earth to the weary head."

"People who think of beds only in terms of sexual exercise or sleep simply do not understand that a bed is the best of all places for a philosophical discussion, an argument, and if necessary a showdown. It was not by chance that so many kings of old administered justice from their beds, and even today there is something splendidly parliamentary about an assembly of concerned persons in a bed."

"Like feather-bed betwixt a wall And heavy brunt of cannon ball."

"To rise with the lark, and go to bed with the lamb."

"Théâtre des ris et des pleurs Lit! où je nais, et où je meurs, Tu nous fais voir comment voisins Sont nos plaisirs et chagrins."

"Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, The bed be blest that I lye on."

"It is amazing how few people are conscious of the importance of the art of lying in bed... I believe one of the greatest pleasures of life is to curl up one's legs in bed. The posture of the arms is also very important, in order to reach the greatest degree of aesthetic pleasure and mental power. I believe the best posture is not lying flat on the bed, but being upholstered with big soft pillows at an angle of thirty degrees with either one arm or both arms placed behind the back of one's head."

"I give men assertive training out of bed and they give me more assertive training in bed."

"The Erie railroad kills 23 to 46; the other 845 railroads kill an average of one-third of a man each; and the rest of that million, amounting in the aggregate to that appalling figure of 987,631 corpses, die naturally in their beds! You will excuse me from taking any more chances on those beds. The railroads are good enough for me."

"A man of sense can artifice disdain, As men of wealth may venture to go plain. * * * * * * I find the fool when I behold the screen, For 'tis the wise man's interest to be seen."

"Of the terrible doubt of appearances, Of the uncertainty after all, that we may-be deluded, That may-be reliance and hope are but speculations after all, That may-be identity beyond the grave is a beautiful fable only. May-be the things I perceive, the animals, plants, men, hills, shining and flowing waters, The skies of day and night, colors, densities, forms, may-be these are (as doubtless they are) only apparitions, and the real something has yet to be known."

"Monstrum horrendum, informe, ingens, cui lumen ademptum."

"A fair exterior is a silent recommendation."

"Looked as if she had walked straight out of the Ark."

"L'habit ne fait le moine."

"Non semper ea sunt, quæ videntur; decipit Frons prima multos: rara mens intelligit Quod interiore condidit cura angulo."

"Spectatum veniunt, veniunt spectentur ut ipsæ."

"All is not gold that glisteneth."

"Whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones."

"He had a head which statuaries loved to copy, and a foot the deformity of which the beggars in the streets mimicked."

"All is not golde that shewyth goldishe hewe."

"All is not golde that outward shewith bright."

"Même quand l'oiseau marche on sent qu'il a des ailes."

"Garde-toi, tant que tu vivras, De juger des gens sur la mine."

"Fronti nulla fides."

"Judge not according to the appearance."

"Gloomy as night he stands."

"Not all that tempts your wandering eyes And heedless hearts is lawful prize, Nor all that glisters gold."

"Things are seldom what they seem, Skim milk masquerades as cream."

"By outward show let's not be cheated; An ass should like an ass be treated."

"He was one of a lean body and visage, as if his eager soul, biting for anger at the clog of his body, desired to fret a passage through it."

"Cucullus (or Cuculla) non facit monachum."

"All, as they say, that glitters is not gold."

"We understood Her by her sight; her pure and eloquent blood Spoke in her cheeks, and so distinctly wrought. That one might almost say her body thought."

"Que tout n'est pas or c'on voit luire."

"Appearances to save, his only care; So things seem right, no matter what they are."

"Habit maketh no monke, ne wearing of guilt spurs maketh no knight."

"Hyt is not al golde that glareth."

"But every thyng which schyneth as the gold, Nis nat gold, as that I have herd it told."

"As large as life, and twice as natural."

"Think not I am what I appear."