“When one does a thing, it appears good, otherwise one would not write it. Only later comes reflection, and one discards or accepts the thing. Time is the best censor, and patience a most excellent teacher.”

“One that desires to excel should endeavour in those things that are in themselves most excellent.”

“Goodness is the face of Godliness. I think that to be good in reality, in the innermost recesses of one’s heart, is not easy, though it may appear to be simple as a teaching. It is one of the hardest things on earth, if only one would be honest with oneself.”

“It's a good thing a lot of people speak foreign languages, otherwise those people would have no one to talk to.”

“Time is still the best critic, and patience the best teacher.”

“Without teachers, no one would dream to do extraordinary things.”

“Without teachers, no one would dream to do extraordinary things.”

“Travelling, one accepts everything; indignation stays at home. One looks, one listens, one is roused to enthusiasm by the most dreadful things because they are new. Good travellers are heartless.”

“One of the pleasant things those of us who write or paint do is to have the daily miracle. It does come.”

“There was only one thing of which he could be certain now. Boredom would not be a serious problem for a considerable time to come.”