Nature is an outcry, unpolished truth; the art—a euphemism—tamed wilderness.
A wise person is like a smoothly polished rock: it takes time to become either.
What is called good society is usually nothing but a mosaic of polished caricatures.
Colleges are places where pebbles are polished and diamonds are dimmed.
Innocence is like polished armor; it adorns and defends.
