Marriage is a bribe to make a housekeeper think she's a householder.

On Friday noon, July the twentieth, 1714, the finest bridge in all Peru broke and precipitated five travelers into the gulf below.

Those who are silent, self-effacing and attentive become the recipients of confidences.

Heaven's my destination.

People a thousand years from now - this is the way we were in the provinces north of New York at the beginning of the 20th century. This is the way we were: in our growing up and in our marrying and in our living and in our living and in our dying.

Pride, avarice, and envy are in every home.

Many plays - certainly mine - are like blank checks. The actors and directors put their own signatures on them.