“If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours
“Marriage is the triumph of imagination over intelligence. Second marriage is the triumph of hope over experience
“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.
“Imagination disposes of everything; it creates beauty, justice, and happiness, which are everything in this world
“I am accustomed to sleep and in my dreams to imagine the same things that lunatics imagine when awake
“If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with success unexpected in common hours