There's nothing in the world so demoralizing as money.
The true test of a man's character is what he does when no one is watching.
Quote me as saying I was mis-quoted.
It's better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone.
The promise given was a necessity of the past: the word broken is a necessity of the present.
Memory... is an internal rumour.
It ain't over 'til it's over.
What is necessary to change a person is to change his awareness of himself.
If we all worked on the assumption that what is accepted as true is really true, there would be little hope of advance.
My specialty is detached malevolence.
Being an intellectual creates a lot of questions and no answers.
By seeing London, I have seen as much of life as the world can show.
Anything that makes weak - physically, intellectually and spiritually, reject it as poison.
Everything is vague to a degree you do not realize till you have tried to make it precise.
There is only one difference between a madman and me. The madman thinks he is sane. I know I am mad.
What do you despise? By this are you truly known.
There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts.
There's real poetry in the real world. Science is the poetry of reality
In terms of an identity, an identity reflects an individuality, by definition. And, if there is a quality present, it is recognizable and it can be named. If you can't name it, it means you don't recognize it.
All men are liable to error; and most men are, in many points, by passion or interest, under temptation to it.
If a little is great, and a lot is better, then way too much is just about right!