So when at times the mob is swayed To carry praise or blame too far, We may choose something like a star To stay our minds on and be staid.

I'd like to get away from earth awhile And then come back to it and begin over. May no fate wilfully misunderstand me And half grant what I wish and snatch me away Not to return. Earth's the right place for love: I don't know where it's likely to go better.

How many times it thundered before Franklin took the hint! How many apples fell on Newton's head before he took the hint! Nature is always hinting at us. It hints over and over again. And suddenly we take the hint.

You can't get too much winter in the winter.

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.

Hell is a half-filled auditorium.

All there is to writing is having ideas. To learn to write is to learn to have ideas.