A man who has both feet planted firmly in the air can be safely called a liberal as opposed to the conservative, who has both feet firmly planted in his mouth.

Tennis belongs to the individualistic past - a hero, or at most a pair of friends or lovers, against the world.

Only a great mind that is overthrown yields tragedy

History, like a vast river, propels logs, vegetation, rafts, and debris; it is full of live and dead things, some destined for resurrection; it mingles many waters and holds in solution invisible substances stolen from distant soils.

The book, like the bicycle, is a perfect form.

Of course, clothing fashions have always been impractical, except in Tahiti.

The danger that may really threaten (crime fiction) is that soon there will be more writers than readers