Any damn fool can be spontaneous.

A people that grows accustomed to sloppy writing is a people in the process of losing grip on its empire and on itself.

A man's hope measures his civilization. The attainability of the hope measures, or may measure, the civilization of his nation and time.

A civilized man is one who will give a serious answer to a serious question. Civilization itself is a certain sane balance of values.

I have always thought the suicide should bump off at least one swine before taking off for parts unknown.

That text is known to them that have the patience to read it, possibly one one-hundredth of one percent of the denizens. They forget it, all save a few Western states. I think somebody in Dakota once read it. The Constitution.

Literature is news that stays news.