Read moreWe are willing enough to praise freedom when she is safely tucked away in the past and cannot be a nuisance. In the present, amidst dangers whose outcome we cannot foresee, we get nervous about her, and admit censorship.
Read moreTwo cheers for Democracy; one because it admits variety, and two because it permits criticism.
Read moreWhat is wonderful about great literature is that it transforms the man who reads it towards the condition of the man who wrote.
Read moreThink before you speak is criticism’s motto; speak before you think, creation’s.
Read moreCharm, in most men and nearly all women, is a decoration.
Read moreWe cast a shadow on something wherever we stand.