"The greatest tragedy is to live a life without purpose."

"I am not a romantic, I am a realist."

"I am a very shy person, and I have no desire to be known."

"The world is put back by the death of every one who has to sacrifice the development of his or her peculiar gifts to conventionality."

"The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches, but to reveal to him his own."