A poet in history is divine, but a poet in the next room is a joke

Patriotism is one of the unalterable facts of man's nature. It is a virtue if you like it, and a vice if you don't like it.

If one were loyal to one's nation only because it was good and true ... one would not be loyal to any nation but to truth and goodness. The idea of patriotism would have no place either in our dictionaries or our lives.

Robert Benchley has a style that is weak and lies down frequently to rest.

I don't know why it is we are in such a hurry to get up when we fall down. You might think we would lie there and rest for a while.

Laughter puts your brain, your central nervous system and your whole being into a state of free play.

Classic art was the art of necessity: modern romantic art bears the stamp of caprice and chance.