I and the public know What all schoolchildren learn, Those to whom evil is done Do evil in return.
W. H. AudenWe are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are here for I don't know.
W. H. AudenBe subtle, various, ornamental, clever, And do not listen to those critics ever Whose crude provincial gullets crave in books Plain cooking made still plainer by plain cooks.
W. H. AudenHow happy 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.
W. H. Auden