Because I know that time is always time And place is always and only place.

Every phrase and every sentence is an end and a beginning, every poem an epitaph.

I am an Anglo-Catholic in religion, a classicist in literature and a royalist in politics.

To do the useful thing, to say the courageous thing, to contemplate the beautiful thing: that is enough for one man's life.

Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal; bad poets deface what they take, and good poets make it into something better, or at least something different.

I have seen the moment of my greatness flicker, and I have seen the eternal Footman hold my coat, and snicker, and in short, I was afraid.

Whatever you think, be sure it is what you think; whatever you want, be sure that is what you want; whatever you feel, be sure that is what you feel.