When they discover the center of the universe, a lot of people will be disappointed to discover they are not it.
How could you be a Great Man if history brought you no Great Events, or brought you to them at the wrong time, too young, too old?
Truly great madness cannot be achieved without significant intelligence.
Early morning cheerfulness can be extremely obnoxious.
I would be the most content if my children grew up to be the kind of people who think decorating consists mostly of building enough bookshelves.
When I was a kid my parents moved a lot, but I always found them.
When we are unhurried and wise, we perceive that only great and worthy things have any permanent and absolute existence, that petty fears and petty pleasures are but the shadow of the reality.