Could we perfect human nature, we might also expect a perfect state of things.

One never goes so far as when one doesn't know where one is going.

Alas! sorrow from happiness is oft evolved.

I am proud of my heart alone, it is the sole source of everything, all our strenght, happiness & misery. All the knowledge I possess everyone else can acquire, but my heart is all my own

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

The greater part of all the mischief in the world arises from the fact that men do not sufficiently understand their own aims.

Shakespeare is a great psychologist, and whatever can be known of the heart of man may be found in his plays.