A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her age.

Some spirit to stand simply forth, Heroic in its nakedness, Against the uttermost of earth.

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.

Lovers, forget your love And list to the love of these She a window flower And he a winter breeze.

A mother takes twenty years to make a man of her boy, and another woman makes a fool of him in twenty minutes.

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.

The people I want to hear about are the people who take risks.