I think you can have moderate success by copying something else, but if you really want to knock it out of the park, you have to do something different and take chances.

Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings so that you shall come easily by what others have labored hard for.

To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love.

Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.

Divine things are not reached by human reasoning, but by ritual union.

The goal of all our actions is to be free from pain and fear.

Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated