One does not get to know that one exists until one rediscovers oneself in others.

One does not get to know that one exists until one rediscovers oneself in others.

The errors of the observer come from the qualities of the human mind.

A vi'let on the meadow grew, That no one saw, that no one knew, It was a modest flower. A shepherdess pass'd by that way-- Light footed, pretty and so gay; That way she came, Softly warbling forth her lay.

Talent is nurtured in solitude; character is formed in the stormy billows of the world.

It is a mistake for a taciturn, serious-minded woman to marry a jovial man, but not for a serious-minded man to marry a lighthearted woman.

The one who acts is always without conscience; nobody has a conscience but the contemplative person.