I was always unlawful; I broke the law when I was born because my parents weren't married.

The happiness of credulity is a cheap and dangerous quality.

Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got a hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations.

Marriage is to me apostasy, profanation of the sanctuary of my soul, violation of my manhood, sale of my birthright, shameful surrender, ignominious capitulation, acceptance of defeat.

It is the first duty of every man not to be poor.

And so, to the end of history, murder shall breed murder, always in the name of right and honor and peace, until the gods are tired of blood and create a race that can understand.

The difference between a lady and a flower girl is not how she behaves, but how she’s treated.