I may not be better than other people, but at least I'm different.

I'll always be poor in my mind.

Be that self which one truly is.

If you've got them by the balls their hearts and minds will follow.

It is the story that owns and directs us. It is the thing that makes us different from cattle; it is the mark on the face that sets one people apart from their neighbors.

Rich men's houses are seldom beautiful, rarely comfortable, and never original. It is a constant source of surprise to people of moderate means to observe how little a big fortune contributes to Beauty.

Face the facts of being what you are, for that is what changes what you are.

Talk low, talk slow and don't say too much.

It is by no means an irrational fancy that, in a future existence, we shall look upon what we think our present existence, as a dream.

Wine is wonderful stuff. But so many people are put off by the snobbery of it.

Sometimes glass glitters more than diamonds because it has more to prove.

My specialty is detached malevolence.

I'm not afraid of dying I just don't want to be there when it happens.

Effective action is always unjust.

When I had nothing to lose, I had everything. When I stopped being who I am, I found myself.

I am dying from the treatment of too many physicians.

Sanity is a madness put to good uses.

Go on, get out. Last words are for fools who haven't said enough.

I feel as if I were a piece in a game of chess, when my opponent says of it: That piece cannot be moved.

What is to give light must endure burning.

Be like a tree and let the dead leaves drop.