"Each memorable verse of a true poet has two or three times the written content."

"We are kept keen on the grindstone of pain and necessity."

"The good poet sticks to his real loves, to see within the realm of possibility. He never tries to hold hands with God or the human race."

"From the sublime to the ridiculous is but a step."

"The unconscious self is the real genius. Your breathing goes wrong the moment your conscious self meddles with it."

"'Think as I think' said the man, 'or you are abominable. You are a toad.' And after I had thought on it, I said 'I will then, be a toad.'"

"There is nothing new under the sun but there are lots of old things we don't know."

"Memory is not wisdom; idiots can by rote repeat volumes. Yet what is wisdom without memory?"

"Who is wise? He that learns from every One. Who is powerful? He that governs his Passions. Who is rich? He that is content. Who is that? Nobody."

"No one who has not been siezed by the merderous jaws of the viper can know its poison fangs."

"The more you know, the less you need."

"Learning is not attained by chance. It must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence."