The question "From where does the poet get it?" addresses only the what, nobody learns anything about the how when asking that question.

It is commonly the personal character of a writer which gives him his public significance. It is not imparted by his genius. Napoleon said of Corneille, "Were he living I would make him a king;" but he did not read him. He read Racine, yet he said nothing of the kind of Racine.

Nature knows no pause in progress and development, and attaches her curse on all inaction.

With little art, clear wit and sense Suggest their own delivery.

A lot of people do not care about your money until nearly penniless. They also do so with time

Talent is nurtured in solitude; character is formed in the stormy billows of the world.

The loss of a much-prized treasure is only half felt when we have not regarded its tenure as secure.