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.

Far from his illness The wolves ran on through the evergreen forests, The peasant river was untempted by the fashionable quays; By mourning tongues The death of the poet was kept from his poems.

It's frightening how easy it is to commit murder in America. Just a drink too much. I can see myself doing it. In England, one feels all the social restraints holding one back. But here, anything can happen.

Civilizations should be measured by the degree of diversity attained and the degree of unity retained.

Thousands have lived without love, not one without water.

Money cannot buy the fuel of love but is excellent kindling.

Of all possible subjects, travel is the most difficult for an artist, as it is the easiest for a journalist.