Give me the ready hand rather than the ready tongue.

A work settles nothing, just as the labor of a whole generation settles nothing. Sons, and the morrow, always start afresh.

The closing years of life are like the end of a masquerade party, when the masks are dropped.

To know the world, one must construct it

Remember, writing poetry is like making love: one will never know whether one's own pleasure is shared.

The only joy in the world is to begin. It is good to be alive because living is beginning, always, every moment.

From someone who doesn't want to share your destiny, you should neither accept a cigarette