“Truth is brighter than Light Falsehood darker than nightRevenge is keener than Axeand Love is softer than melting wax”

“Oh, what is brighter than the light?What is darker than the night?What is keener than an axe?What is softer than melting wax?Truth is brighter than the light,Falsehood darker than the night.Revenge is keener than an axe,And love is softer than melting wax.”

“There is a garden in every childhood, an enchanted place where colors are brighter, the air softer, and the morning more fragrant than ever again.”

“There is something softer than the water: The touch of the love!”

“I would rather be a devil in alliance with truth, than an angel in alliance with falsehood.”

“Her lips touched his brain as they touched his lips, as though they were a vehicle of some vague speech and between them he felt an unknown and timid preasure, darker than the swoon of sin, softer than sound or odor.”