The Chief Function Of The City Is

The Settlement Of America Had Its Origins In The Unsettlement Of Europe. America Came Into Existence When The European Was Already So Distant From The Ancient Ideas And Ways Of His Birthplace That The Whole Span Of The Atlantic Did Not Widen The Gulf.

Every Generation Revolts Against Its Fathers And Makes Friends With Its Grandfathers.

The Last Step In Parental Love Involves The Release Of The Beloved; The Willing Cutting Of The Cord That Would Otherwise Keep The Child In A State Of Emotional Dependence.

Virtue Is Not A Chemical Product...it Is A Historic Product, Like Language And Literature; And This Means That If We Cease To Care About It, Cease To Cultivate It, Cease To Transmit Its Funded Values, A Large Part Of It Will Become Meaningless, Like A Dead Language To Which We Have Lost The Key.

Without Leisure There Can Be Neither Art Nor Science Nor Fine Conversation, Nor Any Ceremonious Performance Of The Offices Of Love And Friendship.