People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances.

Social progress takes effect through the replacement of all institutions by new ones; and since every institution involves the recognition of the duty of conforming to it, progress must involve the repudiation of an established duty at every step.

Alcohol is the anesthesia by which we endure the operation of life.

We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it.

I appeal to the chemists to discover a humane gas that will kill instantly and painlessly. In short- a gentlemanly gas deadly by all means, but humane, not cruel.

No use slaving for me and then saying you want to be cared for: who cares for a slave? If you come back, come back for the sake of good fellowship; for you’ll get nothing else.

Do not do unto others as you expect they should do unto you. Their tastes may not be the same.