anybody who drinks seriously is poor: so poor, poor, extra poor, me.

I don't trust sentimentality in men; it goes with tyranny; you can't have one without the other.

there is this malign curse laid on dipsomaniacs. That they must absolutely have a drink: in order to feel strong enough to stop drinking.

Between threading a needle and raving insanity is the smallest eye in creation.

Sex divorced from love is the thief of personal dignity.

One should never go back to a place one has loved; for, however, rough the going forward is, it is better than the snuffing out-of-love return.

Virtue in a man doesn't make you want to grab him.