American parents, on the whole, do not want their sons to be artisans or craftsmen, but business or professional people. As a result, millions of youngsters are being prepared for careers they have little aptitude for - and little interest in except for dubious prestige.

Why do most Americans look up to education and down upon educated people?

Isolation always perverts; when a man lives only among his own sort, he soon begins to believe that his sort are the best sort. This attitude breeds both the arrogance of the conservative and the bitterness of the radical.

The art of living consists in knowing which impulses to obey and which must be made to obey.

When a baseball player makes an error, it goes into the record and is published. How many of us could stand this sort of daily scrutiny?

A 'penchant for telling the truth' can cripple a candidates chances faster than being caught in flagrante delicto with the governor's wife.

Gourmet: Usually little more than a glutton festooned with credit cards.