Milton says, that the lyric poet may drink wine and live generously, but the epic poet, he who shall sing of the gods, and their descent unto men, must drink water out of a wooden bowl. For poetry is not "Devil's wine," but God's wine.
Many times the reading of a book has made the future of a man.
Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be.
Wise men are not wise at all times.
Every novel is a debtor to Homer.
Beware when the great God lets loose a thinker on this planet.