It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer.

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Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people are right more...

Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people are right more...

I don't know which is more discouraging, literature or chickens.

I don't know which is more discouraging, literature or chickens.

You have been my friend. That in itself is a tremendous thing. I wove my...

You have been my friend. That in itself is a tremendous thing. I wove my...

We should all do what, in the long run, gives us joy, even if it...

We should all do what, in the long run, gives us joy, even if it...

I can only assume that your editorial writer tripped over the First Amendment and thought...

I can only assume that your editorial writer tripped over the First Amendment and thought...

It is easier for a man to be loyal to his club than to his...

It is easier for a man to be loyal to his club than to his...

I am reminded of the advice of my neighbor. Never worry about your heart till...

I am reminded of the advice of my neighbor. Never worry about your heart till...

There's no limit to how complicated things can get, on account of one thing always...

There's no limit to how complicated things can get, on account of one thing always...

The only sense that is common in the long run, is the sense of change...

The only sense that is common in the long run, is the sense of change...

There is nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than an agreement.

There is nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than an agreement.

The siren south is well enough, but New York, at the beginning of March, is...

The siren south is well enough, but New York, at the beginning of March, is...

The trouble with the profit system has always been that it was highly unprofitable to...

The trouble with the profit system has always been that it was highly unprofitable to...

A writer is like a bean plant - he has his little day, and then...

A writer is like a bean plant - he has his little day, and then...

Another segment of society that has constructed a language of its own is business. ......

Another segment of society that has constructed a language of its own is business. ......

A writer is like a bean plant - he has his little day, and then...

A writer is like a bean plant - he has his little day, and then...

Commas in The New Yorker fall with the precision of knives in a circus act,...

Commas in The New Yorker fall with the precision of knives in a circus act,...

Old age is a special problem for me because I've never been able to shed...

Old age is a special problem for me because I've never been able to shed...

Each age, it is found, must write its own books; or rather, each generation for...

Each age, it is found, must write its own books; or rather, each generation for...

When marrying, ask yourself this question: Do you believe that you will be able to...

When marrying, ask yourself this question: Do you believe that you will be able to...

We grow old more through indolence, than through age.

We grow old more through indolence, than through age.