Confidence: The feeling that makes one believe a man, even when one knows that one would lie in his place
H. L. MenckenThe saddest life is that of a political aspirant under democracy. His failure is ignominious and his success is disgraceful.
H. L. MenckenThe critic, to interpret his artist, even to understand his artist, must be able to get into the mind of his artist; he must feel and comprehend the vast pressure of the creative passion.
H. L. Mencken