In constructing the plot and working it out with the proper diction, the poet should place the scene, as far as possible, before his eyes. In this way, seeing everything with the utmost vividness, as if he were a spectator of the action, he will discover what is in keeping with it, and be most unlikely to overlook inconsistencies.

I was born in Harlem, raised in the South Bronx, went to public school, got out of public college, went into the Army, and then I just stuck with it.

There is a sufficiency in the world for man's need but not for man's greed.

A man should never neglect his family for business.

Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth.

If we are not free, no one will respect us.

If money help a man to do good to others, it is of some value; but if not, it is simply a mass of evil, and the sooner it is got rid of, the better.

We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender. 

The good man is the friend of all living things. 

No idea is so outlandish that it should not be considered with a searching but at the same time a steady eye. 

Rain can be a boon or a curse depending upon its timing.

Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.