Humility is the most difficult of all virtues to achieve; nothing dies harder than the desire to think well of self.

It has frequently been said that we never desire what we think absolutely inapprehensible: it is however true that some of our sharpest agonies are those in which the object of desire is regarded as both possible and imaginary.

The past and future / Are conquered, and reconciled.

No! I am not Prince Hamlet, nor was meant to be; Am an attendant lord, one that will do To swell a progress, start a scene or two, Advise the prince; no doubt, an easy tool, Deferential, glad to be of use, Politic, cautious, and meticulous; Full of high sentence, but a bit obtuse; At times, indeed, almost ridiculous— Almost, at times, the Fool.

All our knowledge brings us nearer to our ignorance.

Only by acceptance of the past, can you alter it

Humankind can't stand too much reality.