I had rather be Mercury, the smallest among seven [planets], revolving round the sun, than the first among five [moons] revolving round Saturn.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheIt has ever been my fate to give pain to those whose happiness I should have promoted.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheWhen intelligent and sensible people despise knowledge in their old age, it is only because they have asked too much of it and of themselves.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe