Character develops itself in the stream of life. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"Age does not make us childish, as some say; it finds us true children."

"The world is so empty if one thinks only of mountains, rivers & cities; but to know someone who thinks & feels with us, & who, though distant, is close to us in spirit, this makes the earth for us an inhabited garden."

"It is after all the greatest art to limit and isolate oneself."

"If you've never eaten while crying you don t know what life tastes like."

"The way you see people is the way you treat them and the way you treat them is what they become."