People are more violently opposed to fur than leather because it's safer to harass rich women than motorcycle gangs. People are very inclined to set moral standards for others.

The world is not run by thought, nor by imagination, but by opinion.

Democracy, like any non-coercive relationship, rests on a shared understanding of limits.

[On newspapers:] A first draft of history.

The pain of loss, moreover, however agonizing, however haunting in memory, quiets imperceptibly into acceptance as the currents of active living and of fresh emotions flow over it.

The inspired scribbler always has the gift for gossip in our common usage he or she can always inspire the commonplace with an uncommon flavor, and transform trivialities by some original grace or sympathy or humor or affection.

It takes two to write a letter as much as it takes two to make a quarrel.