~Babe.~--It is curious to see how a self-willed, haughty girl, who sets
her father and mother and all at defiance, and can't be managed by
anybody, at once finds her master in a baby. Her sister's child will
strike the rock and set all her affections flowing.--_Charles Buxton._
~Bargain.~--What is the disposition which makes men rejoice in good
bargains? There are few people who will not be benefited by pondering
over the morals of shopping.--_Beecher._
A dear bargain is always disagreeable, particularly as it is a
reflection upon the buyer's judgment.--_Pliny._
~Bashfulness.~--Bashfulness may sometimes exclude pleasure, but seldom
opens any avenue to sorrow or remorse.--_Johnson._
Bashfulness is a great hindrance to a man, both in uttering his
sentiments and in understanding what is proposed to him; 'tis therefore
good to press forward with discretion, both in discourse and company of
the better sort.--_Bacon._
~Beauty.~--The beautiful is always severe.--_Segur._
For converse among men, beautiful persons have less need of the mind's
commending qualities. Beauty in itself is such a silent orator, that it
is ever pleading for respect and liking, and, by the eyes of others is
ever sending to their hearts for love. Yet even this hath this
inconvenience in it--that it makes its possessor neglect the furnishing
of the mind with nobleness. Nay, it oftentimes is a cause that the mind
is ill.--_Feltham._
Man has still more desire for beauty than knowledge of it; hence the
caprices of the world.--_X. Doudan._
No better cosmetics than a severe temperance and purity, modesty and
humility, a gracious temper and calmness of spirit; no true beauty
without the signature of these graces in the very countenance.--_John
Ray._
An appearance of delicacy, and even of fragility, is almost essential to
beauty.--_Burke._
I am of opinion that there is nothing so beautiful but that there is
something still more beautiful, of which this is the mere image and
expression,--a something which can neither be perceived by the eyes, the
ears, nor any of the senses; we comprehend it merely in the
imagination.--_Cicero._