A man of active and resilient mind outwears his friendships just as certainly as he outwears his love affairs, his politics and his epistemology.
H. L. MenckenCapitalism undoubtedly has certain boils and blotches upon it, but has it as many as government? Has it as many as marriage? Has it as many as religion? I doubt it. It is the only basic institution of modern man that shows any genuine health and vigor.
H. L. MenckenI have little belief in human progress. The human race is incurably idiotic. It will never be happy.
H. L. MenckenEveryman is thoroughly happy twice in his life, just after he has met his first love, and just after he has left his last one.
H. L. Mencken