One is never satisfied with a portrait of persons whom one knows. That is why I have always pitied portraitists. One demands so seldom of others the impossible, but demands just that of the portraitists.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheA noble soul alone can noble souls attract; And knows alone, as ye, to hold them.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheThe miller believes that all the wheat grows so that his mill keeps running.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheNo two men see the world exactly alike, and different temperaments will apply in different ways a principle that they both acknowledge. The same man will, indeed, often see and judge the same things differently on different occasions: early convictions must give way to more mature ones. Nevertheless, may not the opinions that a man holds and expresses withstand all trials, if he only remains true to himself and others?
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe