The Church has lost a great religious poet in me; but I have lost an infinity of fun in the church, so the loss is even.

Of all damnable offenses preaching prudence to the young is the most damnable.

no one wants to be praised for possibilities when one has submitted performances.

There are not enough poems in praise of bed.

Young people are careless of their virginity; one day they may have it and the next not.

Love is the only real patriation, and without one's dear one sits in a dreary and boring exile.

Truth has beauty, power, and necessity.