Man's highest merit always is, as much as possible, to rule external circumstances and as little as possible to let himself be ruled by them.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheA vain man can never be altogether rude. Desirous as he is of pleasing, he fashions his manners after those of others.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheA word spoken is a terrible thing when it suddenly utters what the heart has long allowed.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe