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

I am my own judge of what truths I shall tell. The truth can do just as much harm as a lie.

Oh, earth, you're too wonderful for anybody to realize you.

My advice to you is not to inquire why or whither, but just enjoy your ice cream while it's on your plate.

A dramatist is one who believes that the pure event, an action involving human beings, is more arresting than any comment that can be made upon it.

Good-by, Good-by, world. Good-by, Grover's Corners... Mama and Papa. Good-by to clocks ticking... and Mama's sunflowers. And food and coffee. And new-ironed dresses and hot baths...and sleeping and waking up. Oh, earth, you're too wonderful for anybody to realize you.

Imprisonment of the body is bitter; imprisonment of the mind is worse