Lightning streaks like gunfire through the clouds, volleys of thunder shake the air.

A city man is a home anywhere, for all big cities are much alike. But a country man has a place where he belongs, where he always returns, and where, when the time comes, he is willing to die.

All power rests on hierarchy: An army is nothing but a well-organized lynch mob.

Too many American authors have a servile streak where their backbone should be. Where's our latest Nobel laureate? More than likely you'll find him in the Rose Garden kissing the First Lady's foot.

Only a fool is astonished by the foolishness of mankind.

All revolutions have failed? Perhaps. But rebellion for good cause is self- justifying -- a good in itself. Rebellion transforms slaves into human beings, if only for an hour.

A genius is always on duty; even his dreams are tax deductible.