Earth, receive an honored guest; William Yeats is laid to rest. Let the Irish vessel lie Emptied of its poetry.

The chances are that, in the course of his lifetime, the major poet will write more bad poems than the minor, simply because major poets write a lot.

Words are for those with promises to keep.

Private faces in public places Are wiser and nicer Than public faces in private places.

In a game, just losing is almost as satisfying as just winning... In life the loser's score is always zero.

The most important truths are likely to be those which society at that time least wants to hear.

To the man-in-the-street, who, I'm sorry to say, is a keen observer of life. The word Intellectual suggests straight away. A man who's untrue to his wife.