It takes two to speak the truth: one to speak, and another to hear.
It is usually the imagination that is wounded first, rather than the heart; it being much more sensitive.
If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.
Most of the luxuries and many of the so-called comforts of life, are not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances to the elevation of mankind.