"We look before and after,  And pine for what is not; Our sincerest laughter  With some pain is fraught; Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought."

"A poet is a nightingale, who sits in darkness and sings to cheer its own solitude with sweet sounds."

"In a drama of the highest order there is little food for censure or hatred it teaches rather self-knowledge and self-respect."

"War is the statesman's game, the priest's delight, the lawyer's jest, the hired assassin's trade."

"A resilient spirit knows that the silence between the notes creates the music."

"Art is the soul's attempt to give enduring form to the formless. Remember this in moments of decisive trial."

"It's not easy to define poetry."

"The pursuit of excellence requires knowing that the silence between the notes creates the music."