I always entertain great hopes.

Ants are a curious race

I am assured at any rate Man's practically inexterminate. Someday I must go into that. There's always been an Ararat Where someone someone else begat To start the world all over at.

My definition of poetry (if I were forced to give one) would be this: words that have become deeds.

Diplomacy, n : 1. The patriotic art of lying for one's country. 2. The art of letting someone have your way. 3. The art of saying 'nice doggy' until you can find a rock. A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her age.

No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader. No surprise in the writer, no surprise in the reader.

It looked as if a night of dark intent was coming, and not only a night, an age. Someone had better be prepared for rage.