"He doth nothing but talk of his..." - Quote by William Shakespeare

“But flies an eagle flight, bold and forth on, Leaving no tract behind.”

“Farewell, a long farewell to all my greatness! This is the state of man: today he puts forth The tender leaves of hope, tomorrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours thick upon him: The third day comes a frost, a killing frost, And - when he thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a-ripening - nips his root, And then he falls, as I do.”

“New customs, Though they be never so ridiculous (Nay, let em be unmanly), yet are followed.”

“Sometimes I don't understand how another can love her, is allowed to love her, since I love her so completely myself, so intensely, so fully, grasp nothing, know nothing, have nothing but her!”

“People just don't understand how obsessed I am with winning.”

“I can't distract myself enough here, for sketches to a new opera are constantly buzzing around in my head, to the extent that I need all my strength to wrest myself from them.”

“A noble soul alone can noble souls attract; And knows alone, as ye, to hold them.”

“The man who is truly good and wise will bear with dignity whatever fortune sends, and will always make the best of his circumstances.”

“We should be too big to take offense and too noble to give it.”