August for the people and their favourite islands. Daily the steamers sidle up to meet The effusive welcome of the pier.
W. H. AudenThough one cannot always Remember exactly why one has been happy, There is no forgetting that one was.
W. H. AudenGenealogies are admirable things, provided they do not encourage the curious delusion that some families are older than others.
W. H. AudenHow happy is the lot of the mathematician! He is judged solely by his peers, and the standard is so high that no colleague or rival can ever win a reputation he does not deserve. No cashier writes a letter to the press complaining about the incomprehensibility of Modern Mathematics and comparing it unfavorably with the good old days when mathematicians were content to paper irregularly shaped rooms and fill bathtubs without closing the waste pipe.
W. H. Auden