"The liberal is a man who can't take his own side in a quarrel."

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

"Good fences make good neighbors."

"I am a writer of the people, for the people, and by the people."

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