When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work ask him: 'Whose?'
Writing a book of poetry is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon...
Publishing a volume of verse is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand...
We pay for the mistakes of our ancestors and it seems only fair that they...
Fate often puts all the material for happiness and prosperity into a man's...
Every cloud has its silver lining but it is sometimes a little difficult to...
A pessimist is a person who has had to listen to too many optimists.
I have often noticed that ancestors never boast of the descendants who boast...
He fertilizes a phrase or a line of poetry for weeks and then gives birth to...
Poetry asks people to have values form opinions care about some other part...
For there is a sound reasoning upon all flowers. For flowers are peculiarly...
I don't know a better preparation for life than a love of poetry and a good...
All good poetry is forged slowly and patiently link by link with sweat and...
I didn't want to deal in poetry. I got rid of that after a few months.
Some say they see poetry in my paintings I see only science.