I believe that all government is evil, and that trying to improve it is largely a waste of time.
Every moment of one's existence one is growing into more or retreating into less.
The price one pays for pursuing any profession or calling is an intimate knowledge of its ugly side.
There?s so much comedy on television. Does that cause comedy in the streets?
A lifetime of happiness! No man alive could bear it: it would be hell on earth.
You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.
The summer night is like a perfection of thought.