One must never judge the writer by the man; but one may fairly judge the man by the writer.

In art, there are tears that do often lie too deep for thoughts.

In general, American social life constitutes an evasion of talking to people. Most Americans don't, in any vital sense, get together; they only do things together.

The life of sense begins by assuming that we can only fitfully live the life of reason.

Temperament, like liberty, is important despite how many crimes are committed in its name.

Conformity may not always reign in the prosperous bourgeois suburb, but it ultimately always governs.

The thrust of ambition is, and always has been, great, but among the bright-eyed it had once a more adventurous and individualistic air, a much more bracing rivalry.