Somehow, our sense of justice never turns in its sleep till long after the sense of injustice in others has been thoroughly aroused.

Improvisation is the essence of good talk. Heaven defend us from the talker who doles out things prepared for us; but let heaven not less defend us from the beautiful spontaneous writer who puts his trust in the inspiration of the moment.

Anything that is worth doing has been done frequently. Things hitherto undone should be given, I suspect, a wide berth.

There is in the human race some dark spirit of recalcitrance, always pulling us in the direction contrary to that in which we are reasonably expected to go.

You will find that the woman who is really kind to dogs is always one who has failed to inspire sympathy in men.

Have you noticed ... there is never any third act in a nightmare? They bring you to a climax of terror and then leave you there. They are the work of poor dramatists.

Men prominent in life are mostly hard to converse with. They lack small-talk, and at the same time one doesn't like to confront them with their own great themes.