To read a poem with no thought in mind but to paraphrase it into a single, simple and usually high-minded prose statement is the destruction of poetry.

I have one head that wants to be good, And one that wants to be bad. And always, as soon as I get up, One of my heads is sad.

The constitution gives every American the inalienable right to make a damn fool of himself.

Tell me how much a nation knows about its own language, and I will tell you how much that nation knows about its own identity.

A dollar saved is a quarter earned.

Honesty: The ability to resist small temptations.

The public library is the most dangerous place in town