A father's pride, laid on thick, has always made me wish that the fellow had at least experienced some pain during procreation.

Most people only do what they are asked to do; success comes to those who do a little more.

A plagiarist should be made to copy the author a hundred times.

On the stage one must not confuse the nature of a personality with the naturalness of a person.

There is a cultural taste which tries very hard to get rid of the lice in a fur coat. There is another which tolerates the lice and thinks the coat can be worn with them in it. And finally there is a taste which regards the lice as the most important thing about the coat and consequently places the coat at the lice's disposal.

How do wars start? Diplomats tell lies to journalists, then believe what they read.

A bibliophile has approximately the same relationship to literature as a philatelist to geography.