“The mind may never achieve or express anything great unless emotion plays a part.”

“I know no such disease of the soul, but ignorance.”

“Things wrote with labor deserve to be so read and will last their age.”

“A poet in his senses knocks vainly at the gates of poetry.”

“They that know no evil will suspect none.”

“To struggle when hope is banished. To live when life's salt is gone! To dwell in a dream that's vanished- To endure and go calmly on!”

“The worlds most successful people didnt wait for someone else to pick them, but instead, they picked themselves.”

“Play around. Dive into absurdity and write. Take chances. You will succeed if you are fearless of failure.”

“Want something else more than success. Success is a lovely thing, but your desire to say something, your worth, and your identity shouldnt rely on it, because its not guaranteed and its not permane...”