"A fair woman is a paradise to the eye, a purgatory to the purse, and a hell to the soul."

"Every great work, every great accomplishment, has been brought into manifestation through holding to the vision, and often just before the big achievement, comes apparent failure and discouragement."

"They say a person needs just three things to be truly happy in this world: someone to love, something to do, and something to hope for."

"You talk to God, you're religious. God talks to you, you're psychotic."

"That's a hell of an ambition, to be mellow. It's like wanting to be senile."

"I have seen a peaceful expression turn to anger as fast as a whip cracks, and so the look on the face might mean less than what it seems to be."

"...it is as hard to do your duty when men are sneering at you as when they are shooting at you."

"Fashion is general. Style is individual."

"Is necessary to take such measures that, when they believe no longer, it may be possible to make them believe by force."

"People who go broke in a big way never miss any meals. It is the poor jerk who is shy a half slug who must tighten his belt."

"People who keep journals have life twice."

"It was just a job. It wasn't any special interest in consumer affairs. I needed a paycheck and the Attorney General said that I would be best to go down there, because he knew I was anti-consumer."