Mediocrity has no greater consolation than in the thought that genius is not immortal.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheTrue works of art contain their own theory and give us the measurement according to which we should judge them.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheSo then the year is repeating its old story again. We are come once more, thank God! to its most charming chapter. The violets and the Mayflowers are as its inscriptions or vignettes. It always makes a pleasant impression on us, when we open again at these pages of the book of life.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe