I never resist temptation, because I have found that things that are bad for me do not tempt me.

Do you think that the things people make fools of themselves about are any less real and true than the things they behave sensibly about? They are more true: they are the only things that are true.

A nap, my friend, is a brief period of sleep which overtakes superannuated persons when they endeavor to entertain unwelcome visitors or to listen to scientific lectures.

Those who can’t change their minds can’t change anything.

An interesting play cannot in the nature of things mean anything but a play in which problems of conduct and character of personalimportance to the audience are raised and suggestively discussed.

Make money and the whole nation will conspire to call you a gentleman.

Women are called womanly only when they regard themselves as existing solely for the use of men.