'Character," says Novalis, in one of his questionable aphorisms - character is destiny'.
The wit of a family is usually best received among strangers.
A man falling into dark waters seeks a momentary footing even on sliding stones.
Animals are such agreeable friends.
In high vengeance there is noble scorn.
Perspective, as its inventor remarked, is a beautiful thing. What horrors of damp huts, where human beings languish, may not become picturesque through aerial distance!