Who said “The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.”?

“Desperation is sometimes as powerful an inspirer as genius.”

“Desperation is like stealing from the Mafia: you stand a good chance of attracting the wrong attention.”

“She wore far too much rouge last night and not quite enough clothes. That is always a sign of despair in a woman.”

“Desperation is the raw material of drastic change. Only those who can leave behind everything they have ever believed in can hope to escape.”

“My interest in desperation lies only in that sometimes I find myself having become desperate. Very seldom do I start out that way. I can see of course that, in the abstract, thinking and all activity is rather desperate.”

“The sun is but a morning star.”

“That government is best which governs least.”

“The savage in man is never quite eradicated.”

“In wildness is the preservation of the world.”

“What is called resignation is confirmed desperation.”

“Any fool can make a rule, and every fool will mind it.”