Inspiration comes of working every day.

He possessed the logic of all good intentions and a knowledge of all the tricks of his trade, and yet he never succeeded at anything, because he believed too much in the impossible. Surprising? Why so? He was forever in the act of conceiving it!

A child sees everything in a sense of newness - he is always drunk. Genius is nothing but childhood re-attained at will.

the Devil's hand directs our every move - / the things we loathed become the things we love

The insatiable thirst for everything that lies beyond, and that life reveals, is the most living proof of our immortality.

For the merchant, even honesty is a financial speculation.

If rape or arson, poison or the knife Has wove no pleasing patterns in the stuff Of this drab canvas we accept as life - It is because we are not bold enough!