Over the tea-cups and in the square the tongue has its desire; Still waters run deep, my dear, there's never smoke without fire.

I see little hope for a peaceful world until men are excluded from the realm of foreign policy altogether and all decisions concerning international relations are reserved for women, preferably married ones.

The actors today really need the whip hand. They're so lazy. They haven't got the sense of pride in their profession that the less socially elevated musical comedy and music hall people or acrobats have. The theater has never been any good since the actors became gentlemen.

Some writers confuse authenticity, which they ought always to aim at, with originality, which they should never bother about.

Rhymes, meters, stanza forms, etc., are like servants. If the master is fair enough to win their affection and firm enough to command their respect, the result is an orderly happy household. If he is too tyrannical, they give notice; if he lacks authority, they become slovenly, impertinent, drunk and dishonest.

I smell blood and an era of prominent madmen.

Anyone who has a child today should train him to be either a physicist or a ballet dancer. Then he'll escape.