We must be prepared to pay a price for freedom, for no price that is ever asked for it is half the cost of doing without it.
H. L. MenckenA home is not a mere transient shelter: its essence lies in the personalities of the people who live in it.
H. L. MenckenLying is not only excusable; it is not only innocent; it is, above all, necessary and unavoidable. Without the ameliorations that it offers, life would become a mere syllogism and hence too metallic to be borne.
H. L. Mencken