Great minds are related to the brief span of time during which they live as great buildings are to a little square in which they stand: you cannot see them in all their magnitude because you are standing too close to them.
Time is that in which all things pass away.
The common man is not concerned about the passage of time, the man of talent is driven by it.
It is with trifles, and when he is off guard, that a man best reveals his character.
Ordinary people merely think how they shall 'spend' their time; a man of talent tries to 'use' it.
Buying books would be a good thing if one could also buy the time to read them in: but as a rule the purchase of books is mistaken for the appropriation of their contents.
Animals hear about death for the first time when they die.