Reason, alas, does not remove mountains. It only tries to walk around them, and see what is on the other side.

No leader, however great a personality he may be, is as important to a people as their own intellectual development.

When steam first began to pump and wheels go round at so many revolutions per minute, what are called business habits were intended to make the life of man run in harmony with the steam engine, and his movement rival the train in punctuality.

Twilight, a timid, fawn, went glimmering by, and Night, the dark-blue hunter, followed fast.

Whiskey: a torchligh procession marching down your throat.

Seek on earth what you have found in heaven.

A literary movement: five or six people who live in the same town and hate each other.