Our houses are such unwieldy property that we are often imprisoned rather than housed in them. Henry David Thoreau, Walden: Economy, 1854
US Transcendentalist author (1817 - 1862) Principles have no real force except when one is well fed. Mark Twain
US humorist, novelist, short story author, & wit (1835 - 1910) I must decline your invitation owing to a subsequent engagement. Oscar Wilde
Irish dramatist, novelist, & poet (1854 - 1900) If you are an author and give one of your books to a member of the upper class, you must never expect him to read it. Paul Fussell My only aversion to vice, is the price. Victor Buono Even paranoids have real enemies. Delmore Schwartz When an opera star sings her head off, she usually improves her appearance. Victor Borge
US (Danish-born) comedian & pianist (1909 - 2000) Equality may perhaps be a right, but no power on earth can ever turn it into a fact. Honore de Balzac
French realist novelist (1799 - 1850) If God created us in his own image, we have more than reciprocated. Voltaire
French author, humanist, rationalist, & satirist (1694 - 1778) It does not matter much what a man hates provided he hates something. Samuel Butler
English composer, novelist, & satiric author (1835 - 1902) | 
