I was not afraid of what I did not like. To overcome dislike of a thing often satisfied one's feeling of honour.

But I did not find any positive inspiration in my studies until I approached my nineteenth year.

The stream of time sweeps away errors, and leaves the truth for the inheritance of humanity.

I was not afraid of what I did not like. To overcome dislike of a thing often satisfied one's feeling of honour.

Birth was something that came quite unexpectedly, and afterwards there was one child more in the house.

It was jolly in the country. A cow and little pigs to play with and milk warm from the cow.

But when I was twelve years old I caught my first strong glimpse of one of the fundamental forces of existence, whose votary I was destined to be for life - namely, Beauty.