Though one can dine in New York, one could not dwell there.

There is only one real tragedy in a woman's life. The fact that her past is always her lover, and her future invariably her husband.

Wickedness is a myth invented by good people to account for the curious attractiveness of others.

I never saw a man who looked With such a wistful eye Upon that little tent of blue Which prisoners call the sky.

It is immoral to use private property in order to alleviate the horrible evils that result from the institutions of private property.

There is always something infinitely mean about other people's tragedies.

[T]he recognition of private property has really harmed Individualism, and obscured it, by confusing a man with what he possesses. It has led Individualism entirely astray. It has made gain, not growth its aim. So that man thought that the important thing is to have, and did not know that the important thing is to be.