“New York is the biggest collection of villages in the world.”

“In the best of times, our days are numbered anyway. So it would be a crime against nature for any generation to take the world crisis so solemnly that it put off enjoying those things for which we were designed in the first place: the opportunity to do good work, to enjoy friends, to fall in love, to hit a ball, and to bounce a baby.”

“Every sport pretends to be literature. . .”

“Curiosity…endows the people who have it with a generosity in argument and a serenity in cheerful willingness to let life take the form it will.”

“Stop looking for the biggest crowd, and start looking for the right crowd.”

“Liberty is the luxury of self-discipline.”

“If you live in such a manner as to stand the test of the last judgment, you can depend upon it that the world will not speak well of you.”