There Seems To Be A Terrible Misunderstanding

The American Way Is So Restlessly Creative As To Be Essentially Destructive; The American Way Is To Carry Common Sense Itself Almost To The Point Of Madness.

It Is One Of The Sublime Provincialities Of New York That Its Inhabitants Lap Up Trivial Gossip About Essential Nobodies They've Never Set Eyes On, While Continuing To Boast That They Could Live Somewhere For Twenty Years Without So Much As Exchanging Pleasantries With Their Neighbors Across The Hall.

We Might Define An Eccentric As A Man Who Is A Law Unto Himself, And A Crank As One Who, Having Determined What The Law Is, Insists On Laying It Down To Others.

If It Is The Great Delusion Of Moralists To Suppose That All Previous Ages Were Less Sinful Than Their Own, Then It Is The Great Delusion Of Intellectuals To Suppose That All Previous Ages Were Less Sick.

Having Disciples Is In The End Like Having Children, Only Not With Love But With Self-love Preeminent.