“ Every man sees in his relatives, and especially in his cousins, a series of grotesque caricatures of himself. H. L. Mencken
“ Say what you will about the ten commandments, you must always come back to the pleasant fact that there are only ten of them. H. L. Mencken
“ Whenever a husband and wife begin to discuss their marriage they are giving evidence at a coroner's inquest. H. L. Mencken
“ A society made up of individuals who were all capable of original thought would probably be unendurable. H. L. Mencken
“ Strike an average between what a woman thinks of her husband a month before she marries him and what she thinks of him a year afterward, and you will have the truth about him. H. L. Mencken
