Few are open to conviction, but the majority of men are open to persuasion

Two souls dwell, alas! in my breast.

One is never deceived; one deceives oneself.

A plant is like a self-willed man, out of whom we can obtain all which we desire, if we will only treat him his own way.

Neither a work of nature nor one of art we get to know when they have been finished; we must surprise them in the process of beingcreated so as to understand them to some degree.

The traveler was active; he went strenuously in search of people, of adventure, of experience. The tourist is passive.

That we understand something perfectly, that we accomplish something better than anyone else around us, that is what matters.