That ready wit, which you so partially allow me, ... may create many admirers; but, take my word for it, it makes few friends. It shines and dazzles like the noonday sun, but, like that, too, it is very apt to scorch, and therefore is always feared. The milder morning and evening light and heat of that planet soothe and calm our minds. Never seek for wit; if it present itself, well and good; but even then, let your judgement interpose, and take care that it be not at the expense of anybody.

Streets full of water; please advise.

Stone walls do not a prison make, nor iron bars a cage.

Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world.

We must love one another and die.

Because he once wrote, "We must love one another or die," he can command me to follow him.

We must love one another or die.

In the future everyone will be famous for fifteen minutes.

Do not fear death so much but rather the inadequate life.

Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public and have no self.