A demagogue is a person with whom we disagree as to which gang should mismanage the country.

Man cannot be uplifted; he must be seduced into virtue

Insects have their own point of view about civilization a man thinks he amounts to a great deal but to a flea or a mosquito a human being is merely something good to eat.

i have had my ups and downs but wotthehell wotthehell yesterday sceptres and crowns fried oysters and velvet gowns and today i herd with bums but wotthehell wotthehell i wake the world from sleep as i caper and sing and leap when i sing my wild free tune wotthehell wotthehell under the blear eyed moon i am pelted with cast off shoon but wotthehell wotthehell

An optimist is the person who has never had any experience at all.

What man calls civilization always results in deserts.

It takes all sorts of people to make the underworld.