"I will be correspondent to command, And do my spiriting gently."

"My words fly up, my thoughts remain below.Words without thoughts never to heaven go."

"How bitter a thing it is to look into happiness through another man's eyes!"

"For 'tis the sport to have the engineerHoist with his own petard..."

"For they are yet ear-kissing arguments."

"For aught that I could ever read,Could ever hear by tale or history,The course of true love never did run smooth."

"'Opposites are cures for opposites."

"No one ever told me grief felt so much like fear."

"The public doesn't want new music; the main thing it demands of a composer is that he be dead."

"What is hope? nothing but the paint on the face of Existence; the least touch of truth rubs it off, and then we see what a hollow-cheeked harlot we have got hold of."

"Sometimes the world puts a spin on life. When our equilibrium returns to us, we understand more because we've seen the whole picture."

"Since the dawn of time there have been those among us who have been willing to go to extraordinary lengths to gain access to that domain normally reserved for birds, angels, and madmen."