The common argument that crime is caused by poverty is a kind of slander on the poor.

Love is like war: easy to begin but very hard to stop.

On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.

The demagogue is one who preaches doctrines he knows to be untrue to men he knows to be idiots.

The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.

Morality is doing what is right, no matter what you are told. Religion is doing what you are told, no matter what is right.

Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.

Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.

The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.

It is inaccurate to say that I hate everything. I am strongly in favor of common sense, common honesty, and common decency. This makes me forever ineligible for public office.

Democracy is also a form of worship. It is the worship of Jackals by Jackasses.

I'm not interested in the difference between good and bad, I'm interested in the differences between good and great.

life is a trick, life is a kitten in a sack.

Trying to convince myself I've found one. Making the mistake I never learned from.

My head is pounding. Like the worst hangover ever.

The snake will always bite back.

It felt good doing a physical job, and going home each evening feeling like I had really done a day's work.

There is nothing that Nature seems to have inclined us to as much as society.

You can be aware that something is idiosyncratic, and give it to a character, but keep doing it.

Her lips are roses over-washed with dew, Or like the purple of Narcissus' flower; No frost their fair, no wind doth waste their power, But by her breath her beauties to renew.

Who's Got Game? The Ant or the Grasshopper? The Lion or the Mouse? Poppy or the Snake?