Man is a natural polygamist: he always has one woman leading him by the nose, and another hanging on to his coattails.

The typical American of today has lost all the love of liberty, that his forefathers had, and all their disgust of emotion, and pride in self- reliance. He is led no longer by Davy Crocketts; he is led by cheer leaders, press agents, word mongers, uplifters.

Nine out of ten Americans are actually monarchists at bottom. The fact is proved by their high suseptibility to political claims by president's sons and other relatives, usually nonentities.

Immortality is the condition of a dead man who doesn't believe he is dead

What restrains us from killing is partly fear of punishment, partly moral scruple, and partly what may be described as a sense of humor

Firmness in decision is often merely a form of stupidity. It indicates an inability to think the same thing out twice.

This combat between proletariat and plutocracy is, after all, itself a civil war. Two inferiorities struggle for the privilege of polluting the world.