There is only one rule for being a good talker - learn to listen.

The world, in its sheer exuberance of kindness, will try to bury the poet with warm and lovely human trivialities. It will even ask him to autograph books.

Religion is an attempt, a noble attempt, to suggest in human terms more-than-human realities.

Poetry comes with anger, hunger and dismay; it does not often visit groups of citizens sitting down to be literary together, and would appal them if it did.

All cities are mad: but the madness is gallant. All cities are beautiful: but the beauty is grim.

The enemies of the future are always the very nicest people.

Happiness is surely the best teacher of good manners: only the unhappy are churlish in deportment.