It is difficult to restrain admirers of Shakespeare once they have begun to speak of him. 
Through all the world there goes one long cry from the heart of the artist: Give me a chance to do my best. 
Of all the idiots I have met in my life, and the Lord knows they have not been few or little, I think that I have been the biggest. 
In a world of fools, I was, I think, to him one of the greater fools. 
I have conquered them all, but I am standing amongst graves 
Here I am, where I ought to be. 
For really, dreaming is the well-mannered people's way of committing suicide. 
To die for the one you loved was an effort too sweet for words. 
A great artist is never poor. 
We must leave our mark on life while we have it in our power. 
There are things which cannot be carried through even with the good will of everybody concerned 
Write a little every day, without hope, without despair. 
The cure for anything is salt water - sweat, tears, or the salt sea. 
Perhaps he knew, as I did not, that the Earth was made round so that we would not see too far down the road. 
Much which is unworthy in human life might be avoided if people would only accustom themselves to talking in verse 
Our longing is our pledge, and blessed are the homesick, for they shall come home. 
A medal is an inconvenient thing to give to a naked man, because he has got no place to fix it on to. 