John Ciardi

There is nothing wrong with sobriety in moderation.

A university is what a college becomes when the faculty loses interest in students.

A dollar saved is a quarter earned.

Gentility is what is left over from rich ancestors after the money is gone.

The Constitution gives every American the inalienable right to make a damn fool of himself.

You don't have to suffer to be a poet; adolescence is enough suffering for anyone.