Writing a book of poetry is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo.
Publishing a volume of verse is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo.
We pay for the mistakes of our ancestors, and it seems only fair that they should leave us the money to pay with.
Fate often puts all the material for happiness and prosperity into a man’s hands just to see how miserable he can make himself with them.
Every cloud has its silver lining but it is sometimes a little difficult to get it to the mint.