We saw the risk we took in doing good$$$<br>But dared not spare to do the best we could.

The tree the tempest with a crash of wood<br>Throws down in front of us is not to bar<br>Our passage to our journey's end for good$$$<br>But just to ask us who we think we are.

Originality and initiative are what I ask for my country.

But no$$$ I was out for stars:<br>I would not come in.<br>I meant not even if asked$$$<br>And I hadn't been.

Talking is a hydrant in the yard and writing is a faucet upstairs in the house. Opening the first takes all the pressure off the second.

When I was young$$$ I was so interested in baseball that my family was afraid I'd waste my life and be a pitcher. Later they were afraid I'd waste my life and be a poet. They were right.

A man should be loyal through life to friends$$$ And return gift for gift.

Safe to tell a secret to one$$$ risky to two. To tell it to three is folly.

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

I'm not confused. I'm just well mixed.