I look on that man as happy, who, when there is a question of success, looks into his work for a reply.

My work is a game, a very serious game.

Too busy with the crowded hour to fear to live or die.

Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it.

Work and acquire, and thou hast chained the wheel of Chance

In every work of genius we recognise our own rejected thoughts; they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty