"A jury consists of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer."

"I never wrote a poem that didn't have a human being in it."

"I am not a teacher, I am an awakener."

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

"I never ask of a pupil who has written a poem, 'What does it mean?' I always ask, 'How did you arrive at that?'"