There are directors who desire to be artistic. It is pathetic to compare the seriousness of their aim with the absurdity of their attainment.

A woman can forgive a man for the harm he does her...but she can never forgive him for the sacrifices he makes on her account.

The nature of men and women - their essential nature - is so vile and despicable that if you were to portray a person as he really is, no one would believe you.

The humorist has a good eye for the humbug; he does not always recognize the saint.

Perfection has one grave defect: it is apt to be dull.

A Unitarian very earnestly disbelieves what everyone else believes.

It is not true that suffering ennobles the character; happiness does that sometimes, but suffering for the most part, makes men petty and vindictive.