Letter-writing on the part of a busy man or woman is the quintessence of generosity.

It is in his pleasure that a man really lives.

Our dogs will love and admire the meanest of us, and feed our colossal vanity with their uncritical homage.

the audience is the controlling factor in the actor's life. It is practically infallible, since there is no appeal from its verdict. It is a little like a supreme court composed of irresponsible minors.

What monstrous absurdities and paradoxes have resisted whole batteries of serious arguments, and then crumbled swiftly into dust before the ringing death-knell of a laugh!

Just as we are often moved to merriment for no other reason than that the occasion calls for seriousness, so we are correspondingly serious when invited too freely to be amused.

The vanity of man revolts from the serene indifference of the cat.