"I've lived to bury my desires, And see my dreams corrode with rust; Now all that's left are fruitless fires That burn my empty heart to dust."

"I am like a dog that barks at the moon."

"I am a great admirer of Shakespeare, and I believe he is the greatest poet of all time."

"The less we show our love to a woman, Or please her less, and neglect our duty, The more we trap and ruin her surely, In the flattering toils of philandery."

"Genius and villainy are two things incompatible."