I don't seem to be cynical to myself but how what I say goes down with others is their problem. I'm realistic.
Americans worship the Constitution but do not observe it.
The people are not stupid, but they are totally misinformed.
Do nothing that is not natural - and ritual is natural - and all will be for the best.
I sometimes think it is because they are so bad at expressing themselves verbally that writers take to pen and paper in the first place
Altruism is a brief phase through which some adolescents must pass. It is rather like acne. Happily, as with acne, only a few are permanently scarred.