Fantasy mirrors desire. Imagination reshapes it.
Attaining even mediocrity is often a struggle.
When poets go off the boil, they sound like bumble bees; when critics do, they sound like sewing machines.
Natural Man, in our current version, is a disgruntled adolescent.
Adversity can strengthen us if it does not go on too long.
The rich are never as possessed by their riches as the poor are by their poverty.