One cannot develop taste from what is of average quality but only from the very best.
Cursed Mammon be, when he with treasures To restless action spurs our fate! Cursed when for soft, indulgent leisures, He lays for us the pillows straight.
What I possess, seems far away to me, and what is gone becomes reality.
The century is advanced, but every individual begins afresh.
The history of a man is in his character.
Everything is simpler than you think and at the same time more complex than you imagine