In larger things we are convivial; what causes trouble is the trivial.

Until Eve arrived, this was a man's world.

Politics, it seems to me, for years, or all too long, has been concerned with right or left instead of right or wrong.

Libraries: Here is where people, one frequently finds, lower their voices, and raise their minds.

In such novels as This Side of Paradise and The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald depicts the spirit of the hour which is usually about 4 a.m. His suave young men, always commuting between Princeton and The Plaza in Stutz Bearcats never sat still for long. It was too uncomfortable, with a large flask in the hip pocket.

(Francis) Bacon's best known writings are his essays. They are loved for many reasons, such as their being so short.

[John Foster Dulles] invented Brinkmanship, the most popular game since Monopoly.