The man that shows off, to that one who wants to convince of his value is to himself. РDom̩nico Cieri Estrada

Each one of us is alone in the world… We seek pitifully to convey to others the treasures of our heart, but they have not the power to accept them, and so we go lonely, side by side but not together, unable to know our fellows and unknown by them. – W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, 1919

The finest thing in the world is knowing how to belong to oneself. – Michel de Montaigne, Of Solitude

If I had it to do again, I would less often judge myself and more often ask for a jury. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com