The jury system puts a ban upon intelligence and honesty and a premium upon ignorance, stupidity and perjury.

I try never to let my schooling get in the way of my education.

When the time comes that a man has had his dinner, then the true man comes to the surface

In Austria an editor who can write well is valuable, but he is not likely to remain so unless he can handle a sabre with charm.

The law of work does seem utterly unfair-but there it is, and nothing can change it: the higher the pay in enjoyment the worker gets out of it, the higher shall be his pay in cash, too.

When majority is insane, sane must go to asylum.

There ain't nothing more to write about and I'm rotten glad of it, because if I'd know'd what trouble it was to make a book, I wouldn't a tackled it.