I have always believed that writing advertisements is the second most profitable form of writing. The first, of course, is read more

I have always believed that writing advertisements is the second most profitable form of writing. The first, of course, is ransom notes...

What a lot we lost when we stopped writing letters. You can't reread a phone call.

What a lot we lost when we stopped writing letters. You can't reread a phone call.

For the ultimate notion of right is that which tends to the
universal good; and when one's acting in read more

For the ultimate notion of right is that which tends to the
universal good; and when one's acting in a certain manner has
this tendency he has a right thus to act.
- Francis Hutcheson,

The trouble with doing something right the first time is that nobody appreciates how difficult it was

The trouble with doing something right the first time is that nobody appreciates how difficult it was

Safeguarding the rights of others is the most noble and beautiful end of a human being.

Safeguarding the rights of others is the most noble and beautiful end of a human being.

Might was the measure of right.
[Lat., Mensuraque juris
Vis erat.]

Might was the measure of right.
[Lat., Mensuraque juris
Vis erat.]

I don't like to write, but I love to have written

I don't like to write, but I love to have written

A great value of antiquity lies in the fact that its writings are the only ones that modern men still read more

A great value of antiquity lies in the fact that its writings are the only ones that modern men still read with exactness.

Only kings, presidents, editors, and people with tapeworms have the right to use the editorial "we."

Only kings, presidents, editors, and people with tapeworms have the right to use the editorial "we."