Rash, inexperienced youth holds itself a chosen instrument, and allows itself unbounded license.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheHe who does not think much of himself is much more esteemed than he imagines.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheDaring ideas are like chessmen moved forward; they may be beaten, but they may start a winning game.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheThe world is for thousands a freak show; the images flicker past and vanish; the impressions remain flat and unconnected in the soul. Thus they are easily led by the opinions of others, are content to let their impressions be shuffled and rearranged and evaluated differently.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe