Take care to sell your horse before he dies. The art of life is passing losses on.

What frightens us most in a madman is his sane conversation.

The more you say, the less they remember.

It is better to understand little than to misunderstand a lot.

If fifty million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.

If the path be beautiful, let us not ask where it leads.

Man is a rational animal. He can think up a reason for anything he wants to believe.

To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.

Until one has loved an animal a part of one's soul remains unawakened.

It's a funny thing that when a man hasn't anything on earth to worry about, he goes off and gets married.

We dance round in a ring and suppose, but the secret sits in the middle and knows.

Something we were withholding made us weak, until we found it was ourselves.

Life is tons of discipline.

You've got to love what's lovable, and hate what's hateable. It takes brains to see the difference.

I'm not a teacher, but an awakener.

All the fun is in how you say a thing.

Poetry is what is lost in translation. It is also what is lost in interpretation.

Poetry is about the grief. Politics is about the grievance.

Far more violence has been done in obeying the law than in breaking the law.