Cities force growth and make people talkative and entertaining, but they also make them artificial.
The true civilized man is marked by the suppression of his instincts in the interests of the community.
Cities have always been the fireplaces of civilization, whence light and heat radiated out into the dark.
Cities have the capability of providing something for everybody, only because, and only when, they are created by everybody.
Cities give us collision. 'Tis said, London and New York take the nonsense out of a man.