Take a portion of wit, And fashion it fit, Like a needle, with point and with eye: A point that can wound, An eye to look round, And at folly or vice let it fly

It seems a long time since the morning mail could be called correspondence.

Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball, the rules and realities of the game - and do it by watching first some high school or small-town teams.

Music, not being made up of objects nor referring to objects, is intangible and ineffable; it can only be as it were inhaled by the spirit: the rest is silence.

Simple English is no one’s mother tongue. It has to be worked for.

[T]hat is the triumph of history - truth absolute is not at hand; the original with which to match the copy does not exist.

Look for all fancy wordings and get rid of themAvoid all terms and expressions, old or new, that embody affectation.