Modern poets talk against business, poor things, but all of us write for money. Beginners are subjected to trial by market.

I often say of George Washington that he was one of the few in the whole history of the world who was not carried away by power.

The afternoon knows what the morning never suspected.

I hope to leave behind a few poems it will be hard to get rid of.

The chief reason for going to school is to get the impression fixed for life that there is a book side for everything.

I believe in teaching, but I don’t believe in going to school.

Poetry is what is lost in translation. It is also what is lost in interpretation.