My mansion is, where those immortal shapes of bright aerial spirits live in sphered In regions mild of calm and serene air, above the smoke and stir of this dim spot which men call Earth.
- John Milton
Poetry is the first and last of all knowledge - it is as immortal as the heart of man.
- William Wordsworth
The definition of genius is that it acts unconsciously; and those who have produced immortal works, have done so without knowing how or why. The greatest power operates unseen.
- William Hazlitt
Pure good soon grows insipid, wants variety and spirit. Pain is a bittersweet, which never surfeits. Love turns, with a little indulgence, to indifference or disgust. Hatred alone is immortal.