The most pleasant and useful persons are those who leave some of the problems of the universe for God to worry about. – Don Marquis
Publishing a volume of verse is like dropping a rose-petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo. – Don Marquis
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. – Don Marquis
We pay for the mistakes of our ancestors, and it seems only fair that they should leave us the money to pay with. – Don Marquis