It is only by not paying one's bills that one can hope to live in the memory of the commercial classes.

My desire to live is as intense as ever, and though my heart is broken, hearts are made to be broken: that is why God sends sorrow into the world.

It was a fatal day when the public discovered that the pen is mightier than the paving-stone and can be made as offensive as a brickbat.

Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.

There can be nothing more frequent than an occasional drink.

Ah, on what little things does happiness depend! I have read all that the wise men have written, and all the secrets of philosophy are mine, yet for want of a red rose is my life made wretched.

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