"To the poet himself we have only to say-from any farther specimens of your stupidity, good Lord deliver us!"

"The true genius is the man who can do the average thing when everyone else around him is losing his mind."

"I have no desire to be famous. I have a desire to be read."

"With me, poetry has been not a purpose, but a passion; and the passions should be held in reverence: they must not be profaned by a superficial interest."

"The world is a theatre, and we are merely players."