Fools admire, but men of sense approve. [ Pope ]

The gods approve the depth, and not the tumult of the soul. [ Wordsworth ]

I can approve of those only who seek in tears for happiness. [ Pascal ]

I see and approve the better course, but I follow the worse. [ Ovid ]

Even the world, that despises simplicity, does not profess to approve of duplicity. [ Trench ]

I see the right, and I approve it too; condemn the wrong, and yet the wrong pursue. [ Ovid ]

Not because I raise myself above something but because I raise myself to something, do I approve myself. [ Jacobi ]

For none can express thee, though all should approve thee. I love thee so, dear, that I only can love thee. [ E. B. Browning ]

There is an eloquent silence which serves to approve or to condemn: there is a silence of discretion and of respect. [ La Rochefoucauld ]