It is not a sign of communal well-being when men turn to their government to execute all their business for them, but rather a sign of decay, as in the United States today. The state, indeed, is but one of the devices that a really healthy community sets up to manage its affairs.
H. L. MenckenA man is called a good fellow for doing things which, if done by a woman, would land her in a lunatic asylum.
H. L. MenckenExperience is a poor guide to man, and is seldom followed. What really teaches a man is not experience, but observation.
H. L. Mencken