There may be more poetry than justice in poetic justice.

Part of the beauty and much of the moral seriousness of sport derives from the severe justice of strenuous play in a circumscribed universe of rules that protect the integrity of competition. Records are worth recording, and worth striving to surpass, because they serve as benchmarks of excellence achieved under the pressure of competition.

It is no longer enough to be lusty. One must be a sexual gourmet.

Behavior was better when cinemas were opulent.

If you want to understand your government, don't begin by reading the Constitution. (It conveys precious little of the flavor of today's statecraft.) Instead, read selected portions of the Washington telephone directory containing listings for all the organizations with titles beginning with the word National.

Americans are overreachers; overreaching is the most admirable of the many American excesses.