Experience is a good school. But the fees are high.
Ask me not what I have, but what I am.
I live, which is the main point.
In dark ages people are best guided by religion, as in a pitch-black night a blind man is the best guide; he knows the roads and paths better than a man who can see. When daylight comes, however, it is foolish to use blind, old men as guides.
Woman is at once apple and serpent.
Our souls must become expanded by the contemplation of Nature's grandeur, before we can fully comprehend the greatness of man.