The sophisticated concern about art sinks before a spontaneous love of reality, and I thank the photograph for being so transparent a vehicle for things.
For gold is tried in the fire and acceptable men in the furnace of adversity.
To turn events into ideas is the function of literature.
Words are weapons, and it is dangerous . . . to borrow them from the arsenal of the enemy.
Oaths are the fossils of piety.
The quality of wit inspires more admiration than confidence