Mud-pies gratify one of our first and best instincts. So long as we are dirty, we are pure.

Mud-pies gratify one of our first and best instincts. So long as we are dirty, we are pure.

The plastic virtues: purity, unity, and truth, keep nature in subjection.

The plastic virtues: purity, unity, and truth, keep nature in subjection.

Unto the pure all things are pure.

Unto the pure all things are pure.

Purity of heart is to will one thing.

Purity of heart is to will one thing.

Come, night; come, Romeo; come, thou day in night;
For thou wilt lie upon the wings of night
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Come, night; come, Romeo; come, thou day in night;
For thou wilt lie upon the wings of night
Whiter than new snow upon a raven's back.

Only the pure in heart can make a good soup.

Only the pure in heart can make a good soup.

The purity men love is like the mists which envelope the earth, and not like the azure ether beyond.

The purity men love is like the mists which envelope the earth, and not like the azure ether beyond.

Means we use must be as pure as the ends we seek.

Means we use must be as pure as the ends we seek.

I'm as pure as the driven slush.

I'm as pure as the driven slush.