Adversity is the state in which man most easily becomes acquainted with himself, being especially free of admirers then.
Landlords, like all other men, love to reap where they never sowed.
Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before.
Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.
If i wish to compose or write or pray or preach well, i must be angry. Then all the blood in my veins is stirred, and my understanding is sharpened.
Don't get older just to get wiser. If you get older, you will be wiser, I believe that - if you dare. But get older because it's fun!
Millions of people live their entire lives without finding themselves. But it is something I must do.
My complaint simply concerns the decay of the _art_ of lying.
Nothing is so aggravating than calmness.
Tyrants seldom want pretexts.
The human capacity for guilt is such that people can always find ways to blame themselves.
Some say our national pastime is baseball. Not me. It's gossip.
No matter how your heart is grieving, if you keep on believing, the dreams that you wish will come true.
In the consciousness of the truth he has perceived, man now sees everywhere only the awfulness or the absurdity of existence and loathing seizes him.
I'm not a writer with a drinking problem, i'm a drinker with a writing problem.
The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you can see.
Quality means doing it right when no one is looking.
I always have a million things going on at once, but I try to put my energy into the most immediate need.
The bus roared on. I was going home in october. Everybody goes home in october.
Before marriage, a girl has to make love to a man to hold him. After marriage, she has to hold him to make love to him.
A man makes you feel important - makes you glad you are a woman.
There are three classes of men; lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain.
Don't worry about who doesn't like you, who has more, or who's doing what.
The soul that is within me no man can degrade.