We call ourselves a free nation, and yet we let ourselves be told what cabs we can and can't take by a man at a hotel door, simply because he has a drum major's uniform on.

If there is a streak of ham anywhere in an actor, Shakespeare will bring it out.

Breaking the ice in the pitcher seems to be a feature of the early lives of all great men.

The pencil sharpener is about as far as I have ever got in operating a complicated piece of machinery with any success.

A man may take care of a furnace for twenty-five years and still forget to duck his head when he starts going down the cellar stairs.

One of the easiest forms of pretense to break down is the pretense of enthusiasm for exotic foods. Just bring on the exotic foods.

There are several ways to apportion the family income, all of them unsatisfactory.