Have I not walked without an upward look Of caution under stars that very well Might not have missed me when they shot and fell? It was a risk I had to take-and took.

What is done is done for the love of it- or not really done at all.

I still say the only education worth anything is self-education.

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.

Heaven gives its glimpses only to those not in position to look too close.

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

A definite purpose, like blinders on a horse, inevitably narrows its possessor's point of view.