Today's quotation is one from Walt Disney: "Sometimes I think myself a little bee. I go from one area of the studio to another and gather pollen and sort of stimulate everybody."

Today's poem is "How Doth the Little Busy Bee" by Isaac Watts.

Our quotation today is from Ken Galbraith, who served FDR, Truman, JFK, and LBJ: "The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness."

Today's poem is one of my own, "On Merit". And while I will allow you to judge whether I merit the two poems I have featured in the podcast thus far, I do happen to have the distinct advantage of being one of the few living poets that I know personally. If you are poet, are living, and would like to be featured, please do get in touch.

At times I am inclined to agree with Alonso de Aragón that "The best counselors are the dead / Optimi consiliari mortui". That is, perhaps, because they are such good listeners.

Our poem today is "The Listeners" by Walter de la Mare.

Our quotation today is by Wilbur Wright: "After I get hold of a truth I hate to lose it again, and I like to sift all the truth out before I give up on an error."

Our poem is by John Keats, "Ode on a Grecian Urn". Keats's penultimate line underscores our combination: "Beauty is truth, truth beauty".

Today's quotation is courtesy of J D Rockefeller's business partner, Henry Flagler: "I have always been contented, but I have never been satisfied."

Today's poem is another from another Henry - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow with "A Psalm of Life".

Today's quotation has been attributed to everyone from Yogi Berra and Mark Twain to Niels Bohr and Nostradamus. Let's agree to call it simply a Danish proverb.

Our poem today is "The Crystal Gazer" by Sara Teasdale.

Today's quotation is another from Sir Francis Bacon: "Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed." These words always put me in mind of the king in "The Little Prince" who will never give his subjects an order that they wouldn't want to obey.

Our poem today is "The Tables Turned" by William Wordsworth.

I believe today's quotation was said to Madeleine Albright by Zbigniew Brzezinski: "Be careful not to define yourself out of an interesting job."

Today's poem is "The Village Blacksmith" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

Today's quotation is from the Athenian statesman, Solon (known for his efforts in reversing literally Draconian legislation): "I grow old learning something new every day."

Today's poem is A E Housman's second contribution to the Quoetry podcast, this time with "When I Was One-and-Twenty".

Our quotation today was a remark made by Thomas Murphy to Warren Buffett: "you can tell a guy to go to hell tomorrow. You don't give up the right. So just keep your mouth shut today and see if you feel the same way tomorrow."

Today's poem is the first by William Shakespeare to be featured on this podcast. I dare say it will not be the last. It is Sonnet 30.