No man learns to know his inmost nature by introspection, for he rates himself sometimes too low, and often too high, by his own measurement. Man knows himself only by comparing himself with other men; it is life that touches his genuine worth.

The experiences show us just as we are; they make us see our own defects.

Collectors are happy people.

Beauty is a manifestation of secret natural laws, which otherwise would have been hidden from us forever.

Oblivion is full of people who allow the opinions of others to overrule their belief in themselves.

And step by step, along the path of life, There's nothing true but Heaven.

What by a straight path cannot be reached by crooked ways is never won.