In happy ignorance, I sighed for a world I did not know, where I hoped to find every pleasure and enjoyment which my heart could desire; and now, on my return from that wide world... how many disappointed hopes and unsuccessful plans have I brought back!
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheThe best fortune that can fall to a man is that which corrects his defects and makes up for his failings.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheIn praising or loving a child, we love and praise not that which is, but that which we hope for.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe