Nathaniel Hawthorne
11 quotations
Our most intimate friend is not he to whom we show the worst, but the best of our nature.
Generosity is the flower of justice.
From principles is derived probability, but truth or certainty is obtained only from facts.
Mankind are earthen jugs with spirits in them.
Life is made up of marble and mud.
Moonlight is sculpture.
Sunlight is painting.
This world owes all its forward impulses to people ill at ease.
Selfishness is one of the qualities apt to inspire love.
Nobody has any conscience about adding to the improbabilities of a marvelous tale.
A woman's chastity consists, like an onion, of a series of coats.