What a torment it is to see so much loveliness passing and repassing before us, and yet not dare to lay hold of it!
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheTalent is nurtured in solitude; character is formed in the stormy billows of the world.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheHe who serves the public is a poor animal; he worries himself to death and no one thanks him for it.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe