Either I will find a way, or I will make one.

If you neglect your work, you will dislike it; if you do it well, you will enjoy it

Every occasion will catch the senses of the vain man and with that bridle and saddle you may ride him

Poesy must not be drawn by the ears: it must be gently led, or rather, it must lead, which was partly the cause that made the ancient learned affirm it was a divine, and no human skill, since all other knowledges lie ready for any that have strength of wit; a poet no industry can make, if his own genius be not carried into it.

People are going to have their opinions. Whether it's good or bad, I don't really think about it either way.

In forming a judgment, lay your hearts void of foretoken opinions; else, whatsoever is done or said will be measured by a wrong rule; like them who have the jaundice, to whom everything appears yellow