...there is in life an element of elfin coincidence which people reckoning on the prosaic may perpetually miss. As it has been well expressed in the paradox of Poe, wisdom should reason on the unforeseen.

The center of every man's existence is a dream.

There is only one reason an intelligent person doesn't believe in miracles. He or she believes in materialism.

The man who throws a bomb is an artist, because he prefers a great moment to everything.

The Party System was founded on one national notion of fair play. It was the notion that folly and futility should be fairly divided between both sides.

A radical generally meant a man who thought he could somehow pull up the root without affecting the flower. A conservative generally meant a man who wanted to conserve everything except his own reason for conserving anything.

Moderate strength is shown in violence, supreme strength is shown in levity.