Don Marquis

“Middle age is the time when a man is always thinking that in a week or two he will feel as good as ever.”

“Of middle age the best that can be said is that a middle-aged person has likely learned how to have a little fun in spite of his troubles.”

“Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.”

“Punctuality is one of the cardinal business virtues: always insist on it in your subordinates.”

“One of the most important things to remember about infant care is: don't change diapers in midstream.”

“An optimist is a guy that has never had much experience.”

“I would rather start a family than finish one.”

“I have often noticed that ancestors never boast of the descendants who boast of ancestors. I would rather start a family than finish one. Blood will tell, but often it tells too much.”

“A pessimist is a person who has had to listen to too many optimists.”

“Every cloud has its silver lining but it is sometimes a little difficult to get it to the mint.”

“Happiness is the interval between periods of unhappiness.”

“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.”

“There is nothing so habit-forming as money.”

“We pay for the mistakes of our ancestors, and it seems only fair that they should leave us the money to pay with.”

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

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

“Poetry is what Milton saw when he went blind.”

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