It is one of the major tragedies that nothing is more discomforting than the hearty affection of the Old Friends who never were friends.

She was snatched back from a dream of far countries, and found herself on Main Street.

Is it possible that nobody has ever known that there never has been a completely civilized man, and won't be for another thousand years?

The game (baseball)was a custom of his clan, and it gave outlet for the homicidal and sides-taking instincts which Babbitt called "patriotism" and "love of sport."

Don't be a writer. Writing is an escape from something. You be a scientist.

A sensational event was changing from the brown suit to the gray the contents of his pockets. He was earnest about these objects. They were of eternal importance, like baseball or the Republican Party.

That nation is proudest and noblest and most exalted which has the greatest number of really great men.