Some Words of Mencken

"A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin."

"Philosophy consists very largely of one philosopher arguing that all others are jackasses. He usually proves it, and I should add that he also usually proves that he is one himself."

"All men are frauds. The only difference between them is that some admit it. I myself deny it."

"There is always a well-known solution to every human problem--neat, plausible, and wrong."

"The men the American public admire most extravagantly are the most daring liars; the men they detest most violently are those who try to tell them the truth."

"Men are the only animals that devote themselves, day in and day out, to making one another unhappy. It is an art like any other. Its virtuosi are called altruists."