It is, I think, an indisputable fact that Americans are, as Americans, the most self-conscious people in the world, and the most addicted to the belief that the other nations of the earth are in a conspiracy to undervalue them.

He would agree that life is a little worth living - or worth living a little; but would remark that, unfortunately, to live little enough, we have to live a gr…

Cats and monkeys - monkeys and cats - all human life is there!

Whatever question there may be of his [Thoreau's] talent, there can be none, I think, of his genius. It was a slim and crooked one; but it was eminently person…

The traveler to the United States will do well, however, to prepare himself for the class-consciousness of the natives. This differs from the already familiar …

Envy is the central fact of American life.

'In general they are intoxicated by the fame of mass culture, a fame which the latter knows how to manipulate; they could just as well get together in clubs fo…