The nature of happiness is such that happiness retreats the more intensely you pursue it.

The drama may be called that part of theatrical art which lends itself most readily to intellectual discussion: what is left is theater.

The dog is a yes-animal. Very popular with people who can't afford a yes man.

If you are not happy you had better stop worrying about it and see what treasures you can pluck from your own brand of unhappiness.

It is odd how all men develop the notion, as they grow older, that their mothers were wonderful cooks. I have yet to meet a man who will admit that his mother was a kitchen assassin and nearly poisoned him.

The egotist is all surface; underneath is a pulpy mess and a lot of self-doubt. But the egoist may be yielding and even deferential in things he doesn't consider important; in anything that touches his core he is remorseless.

On the whole, we treat the Devil shamefully, and the worse we treat Him the more He laughs at us.