After the fierce midsummer all ablaze Has burned itself to ashes, and expires In the intensity of its own fires,There come the mellow, mild, St. Martin daysCrowned with the calm of peace, but sad with...

Why, even Death stands still and waits an hour for such a will.

A poor original is better than a good imitation.

Always continue the climb. It is possible for you to do whatever you choose, if you first get to know who you are and are willing to work with a power that is greater than...

It is easy to tell the toiler How best he can carry his packBut no one can rate a burden’s weightUntil it has been on his back

Love much. Earth has enough of bitter in it.

Advice”I must do as you do? Your way I ownIs a very good way, and still,There are sometimes two straight roads to a town,One over, one under the hill.You are treading the safe and the...

A weed is but an unloved flower.

To sin by silence, when they should protest, makes cowards of men.

Laugh, and the world laughs with you;Weep, and you weep alone;For the sad old earth must borrow its mirth,But has trouble enough of its own.

In time the earth will be inhabited by almost god-like beings who shall analyze and discuss the remnants of humanity as we now discuss the chimpanzee.

Two Kinds of PeopleThere are two kinds of people on earth today,Two kinds of people no more I say.Not the good or the bad, for it’s well understood,The good are half bad, the bad are...

Feast, and your halls are crowdedFast, and the world goes bySucceed and give, and it helps you liveBut no man can help you die

We flatter those we scarcely know,We please the fleeting guest;And deal full many a thoughtless blow,To those who love us best.

I love your lips when they’re wet with wine and red with wicked desire

We two make banquets of the plainest fareIn every cup we find the thrill of pleasure… For us life always moves with lilting measureWe two, we two, we make our world, our pleasure

Moon and SeaYou are the moon, dear love, and I the sea:The tide of hope swells high within my breast,And hides the rough dark rocks of life’s unrestWhen your fond eyes smile near in perigee.But...