Education doesn’t change life much. It just lifts trouble to a higher plane of regard.

I never dared to be radical when young for fear it would make me conservative when old.

Most of the change we think we see in life is due to truths being in and out of favor.

The middle of the road is where the white line is – and that’s the worst place to drive.

A poem begins as a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong, a homesickness, a lovesickness.

A civilized society is one which tolerates eccentricity to the point of doubtful sanity.

A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman’s birthday but never remembers her age.

The world is full of willing people; some willing to work, the rest willing to let them.

Forgive me my nonsense, as I also forgive the nonsense of those that think they talk sense.

No memory of having starred atones for later disregard, or keeps the end from being hard.

They would not find me changed from him they knew – only more sure of all I thought was true.

I am a writer of books in retrospect. I talk in order to understand; I teach in order to learn.

Poets are like baseball pitchers. Both have their moments. The intervals are the tough things.

There never was any heart truly great and generous, that was not also tender and compassionate.

The woods are lovely, dark and deep. But I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep.

Being the boss anywhere is lonely. Being a female boss in a world of mostly men is especially so.

By working faithfully eight hours a day you may eventually get to be boss and work twelve hours a day.

A person will sometimes devote all his life to the development of one part of his body – the wishbone.

No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader. No surprise in the writer, no surprise in the reader.

Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.