For me the initial delight is in the surprise of remembering something I didn't know I knew. I have never started a poem yet whose end I knew.

Oh, come forth into the storm and rout And be my love in the rain.

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

As it is more blessed to receive, so it must be more blessed to receive than to give back.

Any work of art must first of all tell a story.

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.

A poem begins in delight and ends in wisdom.