It is a great error to take oneself for more than one is, or for less than one is worth.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheThe passions are like those demons with which Afrasahiab sailed down the Orus. Our only safety consists in keeping them asleep. If they we are lost.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheWe must always change, renew, rejuvenate ourselves; otherwise, we harden.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheMan is a simple being, and however rich, varied, and unfathomable he may be, the cycle of his situations is soon run through.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe