A person who, because he has corns himself, always treads on other people's toes.

You know we poor artists have to show ourselves in society from time to time, just to remind the public that we are not savages.

If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend to be bad, it doesn't. Such is the astounding stupidity of optimism.

Anybody can make history; only a great man can write it.

Plain women are always jealous of their husbands. Beautiful women never are. They are always so occupied with being jealous of other women's husbands.

I prefer women with a past. They're always so damned amusing to talk to.

I have said to you to speak the truth is a painful thing. To be forced to tell lies is much worse.