The world sees only the reflection of merit; therefore when you come to know a really great man intimately, you may as often find him above as below his reputation.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheThe important thing is not to know more than all men, but to know more at each moment than any particular man.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheWhere confidence is wanting, the most beautiful flower in the garland of love is missing.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheThe fate of the architect is the strangest of all. How often he expends his whole soul, his whole heart and passion, to produce buildings into which he himself may never enter.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe