There's no money in poetry, but then there's no poetry in money, either.

Love is a universal migraine. A bright stain on the vision, Blotting out reason.

There is no such thing as good writing, only good rewriting.

Every English poet should master the rules of grammar before he attempts to bend or break them.

The remarkable thing about Shakespeare is that he really is very good, in spite of all the people who say he is very good.

Kill if you must, but never hate: Man is but grass and hate is blight, The sun will scorch you soon or late, Die wholesome then, since you must fight

I was last in Rome in AD 540 when it was full of Goths and their heavy horses. It has changed a great deal since then.

New beginnings and new shoots Spring again from hidden roots Pull or stab or cut or burn, Love must ever yet return.

What we now call "finance" is, I hold, an intellectual perversion of what began as warm human love.

I was thinking, "So, I’m Emperor, am I? What nonsense! But at least I'll be able to make people read my books now.

One smile relieves a heart that grieves.

Mistakes are not bad

Either you're going to shoot us or you're not. The ball always lands on red or black, never both.

A simple enough pleasure surely to have breakfast alone with one's husband but how seldom married people in the midst of life achieve it.

If I put things between me and Christ, it is idolatry. If I put Christ between me and things, it is victory!

Be the best father you can be to your children. Because nothing is more important.

Of all the time-saving techniques ever developed, perhaps the most effective is the frequent use of the word no.

Innovation without imitation is a complete waste of time.

The soul languishing in obscurity contracts a kind of rust, or abandons itself to the chimera of presumption; for it is natural for it to acquire something, even when separated from any one.

The intellect is a beautiful servant but a terrible master. Intellect is the power tool of our separateness. The intuitive, compassionate heart is the doorway to our unity.

When a customer asks what no one else has ever asked, pay close attention.