We must stop talking about the American dream and start listening to the dreams of Americans.
Beauty and the lust for learning have yet to be allied.
People are either born hosts or born guests.
Fate weaves the darkness, which is perhaps why she weaves so badly.
Men of genius are not quick judges of character. Deep thinking and high imagining blunt that trivial instinct by which you and I size people up.
Reverence is a good thing, and part of its value is that the more we revere a man, the more sharply are we struck by anything in him (and there is always much) that is incongruous with his greatness.