Democracy means the organization of society for the benefit and at the expense of everybody indiscriminately and not for the benefit of a privileged class.

The man who has never made a mistake will never make anything else.

Without music we shall surely perish of drink, morphia, and all sorts of artificial exaggerations of the cruder delights of the senses.

Imagination is the beginning of creation.

I like to quote myself frequently and often, it makes me sound much more intelligent than I actually am.

I never thought much of the courage of a lion tamer. Inside the cage he is at least safe from people.

All roads end at the grave, which is the gate to nothingness.