Truth, like milk, arrives in the dark But even so, wise dogs don't bark. Only mongrels make it hard For the milkman to come up the yard.

Between ourselves, there is no such thing, abstractly, as a 'good' book. A book is 'good' only when it meets some human hunger or refutes some human error.

There is only one success - to be able to spend your life in your own way.

When Abraham Lincoln was murdered The one thing that interested Matthew Arnold Was that the assassin shouted in Latin As he lept on the stage This convinced Matthew There was still hope for America.

It is unfair to blame man too fiercely for being pugnacious; he learned the habit from Nature.

The greatest poem ever known Is one all poets have outgrown: The poetry, innate, untold, Of being only four years old.

We've had bad luck with our kids - they've all grown up.