To win hearts, smile kindly on people's weaknesses.
Illusions are hazardous, and so are disillusions.
Of course I want to be good, but that may not be to your advantage.
Totem poles and wooden masks no longer suggest tribal villages but fashionable drawing rooms in New York and Paris.
As the tenor roars his passion, I think sadly of my spreading middle, and his.
When death comes too near, comedy and tragedy fall silent.