I see for Nature no defeat In one tree's overthrow Or for myself in my retreat For yet another blow.

Nature is always hinting at us. It hints over and over again. And suddenly we take the hint.

The sun was warm but the wind was chill. You know how it is with an April day.

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

Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can’t, and the other half who have nothing to say and keep on saying it.

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

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

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

A bank is a place where they lend you an umbrella in fair weather and ask for it back when it begins to rain.

My sorrow, when she's here with me, Thinks these dark days of autumn rain are beautiful as days can be; She loves the bare, The withered tree; She walks the sodden pasture lane.

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

The greatest thing in family life is to take a hint when a hint is intended-and not to take a hint when a hint isn't intended.

Modern poets talk against business, Poor things, But all of us write for money. Beginners are subjected to trial by market.

Always fall in with what you're asked to accept. Take what is given, and make it over your way. My aim in life has always been to hold my own with whatever's going. Not against: With.

The brain is a wonderful organ; It starts working the moment you get up in the morning and does not stop until you get into the office.

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

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

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

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

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

Two roads diverged in a wood and I - I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.

In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: It goes on.

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