A little artist has all the tragic unhappiness and the sorrows of a great artist and he is not a great artist.

Men and girls, men and girls: Artificial swine and pearls.

Eating too much meat gives you indigestion and evil thoughts make you eat too much meat.

It is natural to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes to that siren until she allures us to our death.

When moneys in a purse in my own pocket / It means wealth.

It is very funny about money. The thing that differentiates man from animals is money. All animals have the same emotions and the same ways as men. Anybody who has lots of animals around knows that. But the thing no animal can do is count, and the thing no animal can know is money.

It is funny that men who are supposed to be scientific cannot get themselves to realise the basic principle of physics, that action and reaction are equal and opposite, that when you persecute people you always rouse them to be strong and stronger.