Love is an energy which exists of itself. It is its own value.

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

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

The difference between a little money and no money at all is enormous-and can shatter the world. And the difference between a little money and an enormous amount of money is very slight-and that, also, can shatter the world.

Oh, earth, you're too wonderful for anybody to realize you. Do any human beings ever realize life while they live it -- every, every minute?

If a man has no vices, he is in great danger of making vices about his virtues, and there's a spectacle.

Favors cease to be favors when there are conditions attached to them.