We are not all equal, nor can we be so.

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

All intelligent thoughts have already been thought; what is necessary is only to try to think them again.

When I say to the Moment flying; 'Linger a while -- thou art so fair!' Then bind me in thy bonds undying, And my final ruin I will bear!

Poetry is the universal possession of mankind, revealing itself everywhere, and at all times, in hundreds and hundreds of men.

When I make a mistake everyone can see it, but not when I lie.

Courage is the commitment to begin without any guarantee of success.