I knew I belonged to the public and to the world, not because I was talented or even beautiful, but because I had never belonged to anything or anyone else.

To love someone deeply gives you strength. Being loved by someone deeply gives you courage.

Man is the only creature that refuses to be what he is.

We shall see but a little way if we require to understand what we see.

One man's ways may be as good as another's, but we all like our own best.