Everything written is as good as it is dramatic. It need not declare itself in form, but it is drama or nothing.

Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.

The rain to the wind said, You push and I'll pelt.' They so smote the garden bed That the flowers actually knelt, And lay lodged--though not dead. I know how the flowers felt.

What is this talked-of mystery of birth. But being mounted bareback on the earth?

I have been one acquainted with the night. I have walked out in rain - and back in rain. I have outwalked the furthest city light. I have looked down the saddest city lane. I have passed by the watchman on his beat And dropped my eyes, unwilling to explain.

Friends make pretence of following to the grave but before one is in it, their minds are turned and making the best of their way back to life and living people and things they understand.

Humor is the most engaging cowardice.