"What omniscience has music! So absolutely impersonal, yet every sufferer feels his secret sorrow soothed."

"Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist."

"For nonconformity the world whips you with its displeasure."

"God enters by a private door into every individual."

"The best lightning rod for your protection is your own spine."

"Nature: I give to thee for thy defence Thy formidable innocence."

"A generation which ignores history has no past and no future."

"The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing."

"Understanding wasn't always necessary as long as you believed."

"Jews can't serve on juries because they insist they're guilty."

"METROPOLIS, n. A stronghold of provincialism."

"The secret of success is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes."