Money poisons you when you've got it, and starves you when you haven't

We have to hate our immediate predecessors to get free from their authority.

Tragedy ought really to be a great kick at misery.

I hold that the parentheses are by far the most important parts of a non-business letter.

If I had my way, I would build a lethal chamber as big as the Crystal Palace, with a military band playing softly, and a Cinematograph working brightly; then I’d go out in the back streets and main streets and bring them in, all the sick, …

My God, these folks don't know how to love — that's why they love so easily.

It's the man who dares to take, who is independent, not he who gives.