In every object there is inexhaustible meaning; the eye sees in it what the eye brings means of seeing.
There are eyes half defiant, Half meek and compliant; Black eyes, with a wondrous, witching charm To bring us good or to work with harm.
The eyes, like sentinels, hold the highest place in the body. [Lat., Oculi, tanquam, speculatores, altissimum locum obtinent.]
The love light in her eye.
My eyes make pictures, when they are shut.
Eyes, that displaces The neighbor diamond, and out-faces That sun-shine by their own sweet graces.
Not in mine eyes alone in Paradise.
Their eyes seem'd rings from whence the gems were gone. [It., Parean l'occhiaje anella senza gemme.]
With affection beaming in one eye and calculation shining out of the other.
Weak eyes are fondest of glittering objects.
Love is blind; friendship closes its eyes.
What we learn only through the ears makes less impression upon our minds than what is presented to the trustworthy eye.
What you don't see with your eyes, don't witness with your mouth.
An animal will always look for a person's intentions by looking them right in the eyes.
No eyes that have seen beauty ever lose their sight.
What the eye does not admire the heart does not desire.
It is only the women whose eyes have been washed clear with tears who get the broad vision that makes them little sisters to all the world.
The eyes are not responsible when the mind does the seeing.
You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.
And to his eye There was but one beloved face on earth, And that was shining on him.
Oh! could you view the melody Of every grace, And music of her face, You'd drop a tear, Seeing more harmony In her bright eye, Than now you hear.
I might show facts as plain as day: but, since your eyes are blind, you'd say, "Where? What?" and turn away.
To us also, through every star, through every blade of grass, is not God made visible if we will open our minds and our eyes.
O Fame!--if I e'er took delight in thy praises, 'Twas less for the sake of thy high-sounding phrases, Than to see the bright eyes of the dear one discover She thought that I was not unworthy to love her.
Tell me where is fancy bred, Or in the heart, or in the head? How begot, how nourished? Reply, reply. It is engend'red in the eyes, With gazing fed, and fancy dies In the cradle where it lies.