"I am in earnest; I will not equivocate; I will not excuse; I will not retreat a single inch; and I will be heard."

"With reasonable men I will reason; with humane men I will plea; but to tyrants I will give no quarter, nor waste arguments where they will certainly be lost."

"Live simply that others might simply live."

"You can't make up anything anymore. The world itself is a satire. All you're doing is recording it."

"I'm as pure as the driven slush."

"We turn not older with years, but newer every day."

"There was never a genius without a tincture of madness."

"Dont get married, just find someone you dont like and buy them a house."