Gahiz says: When wine enters thy bones and flows through thy limbs it bestows truth of feeling, and perfects the soul; it removes sorrow, elevates the mood, etc.
"The Complete Historical Romances of Georg Ebers"
Georg Ebers
The force that produces, the intellect that orders, the goodness that perfects all things is the Supreme Being.
"The Approach to Philosophy"
Ralph Barton Perry
Among women, there always seems something left incomplete-a moral creation to be superinduced on the physical-which love alone can develop, and which maternity perfects still further, when developed.
"Basil"
Wilkie Collins