As crowds increase we build our forts of inattention, and the more we talk the easier it is to mean little and listen not at all.
Frank Moore ColbyClever people seem not to feel the natural pleasure of bewilderment, and are always answering questions when the chief relish of a life is to go on asking them.
Frank Moore ColbyTalk ought always to run obliquely, not nose to nose with no chance of mental escape.
Frank Moore Colby