I never thought much of the courage of a lion tamer. Inside the cage he is at least safe from people.

A man without an address is a vagabond; a man with two addresses is a libertine.

I am highly susceptible to the force of all truly religious music, especially to the music of my own church, the church of Shelley, Michelangelo, and Beethoven.

Two people getting together to write a book is like three people getting together to have a baby. One of them is superfluous.

Reasonable men adapt themselves to their environment; unreasonable men try to adapt their environment to themselves. Thus all progress is the result of the efforts of unreasonable men.

The chief objection to playing wind instruments is that it prolongs the life of the player.

A happy family is but an earlier heaven.