H. L. Mencken

“Self-respect: the secure feeling that no one, as yet, is suspicious.”

“Time stays, we go.”

“It is hard to believe that a man is telling the truth when you know that you would lie if you were in his place.”

“Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.”

“The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.”

“Democracy is also a form of worship. It is the worship of Jackals by Jackasses.”