"Aphorisms respect the wisdom of silence by disturbing it, but briefly."

"To maintain immaculate speech, often times silence is required."

"In the dry places, men begin to dream. Where the rivers run sand, there is something in man that begins to flow. West…"

"For we Americans, though we are the most restless race in the world, with the possible exception of the Bedouins, alm…"

"Chicago is stupefying. It knows no rules, and I know none by which to judge it. It stands apart from all the cities i…"

"Kansas used to believe in Populism and free silver. It now believes in hot summers and a hot hereafter."

"It was a Native Son who, when asked by an Englishman, visiting the United States for the first time, to name the Seve…"

"This, in a way, would be exceeding odd And almost justify man’s ways to God— If, by the healing of these hills, the b…"

"They translate books of science and attribute authorship to their coreligionists."

"God has sent showers upon the abandoned dwelling-places of those we loved. He has woven upon them a striped, many-col…"