People do not mind their faults being spread out before them, but they become impatient if called on to give them up.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheThe connoisseur of art must be able to appreciate what is simply beautiful, but the common run of people is satisfied with ornament.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheIt is so hard that one cannot really have confidence in doctors and yet cannot do without them.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheMan... knows only when he is satisfied and when he suffers, and only his sufferings and his satisfactions instruct him concerning himself, teach him what to seek and what to avoid. For the rest, man is a confused creature; he knows not whence he comes or whither he goes, he knows little of the world, and above all, he knows little of himself.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe