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

"The soul of a poem, its very essence, is its rhythm."

"If a poem hasn't ripped apart your soul, you haven't experienced poetry."

"If a man deceives me once, shame on him; if he deceives me twice, shame on me."

"From childhood's hour I have not been As others were—I have not seen As others saw—I could not bring My passions from a common spring."