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

The highest tribute to the dead is not grief but gratitude.

Many great writers have been extraordinarily awkward in daily exchange, but the greatest give the impression that their style was nursed by the closest attention to colloquial speech.

I rose by sheer military ability to the rank of corporal.

EMILY: "Does anyone ever realize life while they live it...every, every minute?" STAGE MANAGER: "No. Saints and poets maybe...they do some.

Characterization in a play is like a blank check which the dramatist accords to the actor for him to fill in.

The best part of married life is the fights. The rest is merely so-so.