Imagination is the eye of the soul

To reach a port we must sail, sometimes with the wind, and sometimes against it. But we must not drift or lie at anchor.

The present moments is a powerful goddess.

The great misfortune - to be incapable of solitude.

Neither will the wave which passed be called back; nor can the hour which gone by return.

Men go abroad to wonder at the heights of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of the rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motions of the stars, and they pass by themselves without wondering.