And one of the three great things in the world is gossip, you know. First there's religion; and then there's science; and there's-and then there's friendly gossip. Those are the three-the three great things.

We dance round in a ring and suppose, but the secret sits in the middle and knows.

The footpath down to the well is healed.

Don't join too many gangs. Join few if any. Join the United States and join the family- But not much in between unless a college.

The ear is the only true writer and the only true reader. I know people who read without hearing the sentence sounds and they were the fastest readers. Eye readers we call them. They get the meaning by glances. But they are bad readers because they miss the best part of what a good writer puts into his work.

Loyalty is that for the lack of which your gang will shoot you without benefit of trial by jury.

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