"The more a man is loved, the less he is understood."

"I would rather be a good poet than a good man."

"Please, never despise the translator. He's the mailman of human civilization."

"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."

"The path to glory is not strewn with roses."