Shakespeare, who never could think up a plot by himself, found this one [Macbeth] in Holinshed's Chronicles, changing it just enough so that no one would recognize the source. He didn't count on the resourcefulness of modern scholars, who have to discover things like this to become associate professors.

There is some consolation in the fact that, even though your dreams don't come true, neither do your nightmares.

Children are supposed to help hold a marriage together. They do this in a number of ways. For instance, they demand so much attention that a husband and wife, concentrating on their children, fail to notice each other's faults.

Of late I appear To have reached that stage When people who look old Who are only my age.

In larger things we are convivial; what causes trouble is the trivial.

I love a finished speaker, I really, truly do I don't mean one who's polished, I just mean one who's through.

If we cannot define stupidity, at least we can trace most human misfortunes and weaknesses to it. Its manifestations are legion, its symptoms are endless.