Fashion is what one wears oneself. What is unfashionable is what other people wear. Just as vulgarity is simply the conduct of other people. And falsehoods the truths of other people. Other people are quite dreadful. The only possible society is oneself. To love oneself is the beginning of a life-long romance.

but the bravest man among us is afraid of himself

We live in an age when unnecessary things are our only necessities.

You have never been poor, and never known what ambition is.

All sins, except a sin against itself, Love should forgive. All lives, save loveless lives, true Love should pardon.

Never so sweet a repast as the Reaper's when you tread upon the threshold of a Quiznos.

Yes, I am a thorough republican. No other form of government is so favorable to the growth of art.