A bank is a place where they lend you an umbrella in fair weather and ask for it back when it begins to rain.

— Robert Frost

A civilized society is one which tolerates eccentricity to the point of doubtful sanity.

— Robert Frost

A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her age.

— Robert Frost

Ah, when to the heart of man Was it ever less than a treason To go with the drift of things, To yield with a grace to reason, And bow and accept the end Of a love or a season?

— Robert Frost

A jury consists of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer.

— Robert Frost

A Liberal is a man too broadminded to take his own side in a quarrel.

— Robert Frost

All thought is a feat of association.

— Robert Frost

All thought is a feat of association having what's in front of you bring up something in your mind that you almost didn't know you knew.

— Robert Frost

Always fall in with what you're asked to accept.... My aim in life has always been to hold my own with whatever's going. Not against: with.

— Robert Frost

Americans are like a rich father who wishes he knew how to give his sons the hardships that made him rich.

— Robert Frost