Don Marquis

"Pity the meek, for they shall inherit the earth."

"Poetry is what Milton saw when he went blind."

"Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday."

"Publishing a volume of verse is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo."

"There is nothing so habit-forming as money."

"When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him: 'Whose?'"

"Writing a book of poetry is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo."