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Quotes from HL Mencken

Never drink before sunset; Never drink more than 3 days in a row.
~ HL Mencken
On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.
~ HL Mencken
O amor é como a gerra; é fácil, mas muito difícil terminar.
~ HL Mencken
The essence of science is that it is always willing to abandon a given idea for a better one; the essence of theology is that it holds its truths to be eternal and immutable
~ HL Mencken
Wealth - any income that is at least one hundred dollars more a year than the income of one's wife's sister's husband.
~ HL Mencken
To be in love is merely to be in a state of perceptual anesthesia.
~ HL Mencken