And nothing to look backward to with pride, and nothing to look forward to with hope.

I would not come in. I meant not even if asked, And I hadn't been.

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.

In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.

You've got to love what's lovable, and hate what's hateable. It takes brains to see the difference.

Of course there is matter for remark in poems. Nobody denies that. But it must be solemnly laid on everybody in this world to make his own observations and remarks. That's what we mean by thinking, and that's about all we mean. A teacher says to a pupil "Watch me notice a few things in the next few months: let's see you notice a few things too."

Skepticism, is that anything more than we used to mean when we said, Well, what have we here?