Sometimes a noble failure serves the world as faithfully as a distinguished success.

Sometimes a noble failure serves the world as faithfully as a distinguished success.

For a poet to depict a poet in poetry is a hazardous experiment; in regarding one's own trade a sense of humour and a little wholesome cynicism are not amiss.

The person of wisdom is the person of years.

The thing that impresses me most about Americans is the way parents obey their children.

Some follow ideas. Others think of them.