The most universal quality is diversity. Montaigne.
The most virtuous of all men is he that contents 10 himself with being virtuous without seeking to appear so. Plato.
The mother-grace of all the graces is Christian good-will. Ward Beecher.
The mother of the useful arts is necessity; that of the fine arts is luxury. For father, the former has intellect; the latter, genius, which itself is a kind of luxury. Schopenhauer.
The mother's heart is always with her children. Pr.
The mother's yearning feels the presence of the cherished child even in the degraded man. George Eliot.
The motto of chivalry is also the motto of 15 wisdom; to serve all and love but one. Balzac.
The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked. Bible.
The movement of sound, such as will reach the soul for the education of it in virtue, we call Music. Plato.
The multiplicity of facts and writings is become so great, that everything must soon be reduced to extracts. Voltaire.