John Dryden

Genius must be born, and never can be taught.

Great wits are sure to madness near allied, and thin partitions do their bounds divide.

We first make our habits, and then our habits make us.

A free life cannot acquire many possessions, because this is not easy to do without servility to mobs or monarchs.

Middle age is youth without levity, and age without decay.

I've always had real trouble knowing what my actual desires and goals are. I've just been dragged along by fate.