Ninety-nine percent of the people in the world are fools and the rest of us are in great danger of contagion.

I didn't marry you because you were perfect. I didn't even marry you because I loved you. I married you because you gave me a promise. That promise made up for your faults. And the promise I gave you made up for mine. Two imperfect people got married and it was the promise that made the marriage. And when our children were growing up, it wasn't a house that protected them; and it wasn't our love that protected them--it was that promise.

When you're at war, you think about a better life; when you're at peace you think about a more comfortable one.

Doctors are mostly impostors. The older a doctor is and the more venerated he is, the more he must pretend to know everything. Of course, they grow worse with time. Always look for a doctor who is hated by the best doctors. Always seek out a bright young doctor before he comes down with nonsense.

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

But such occasions of excellence became less and less frequent. As her technique became sounder, [her] sincerity became less necessary.

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