The audience is a very curious animal. It is shrewd rather than intelligent. Its mental capacity is less than that of its most intellectual members.

I wonder how anyone can have the face to condemn others when he reflects upon his own thoughts.

A little smoke lost in the air, that was the life of a man.

The mathematician who after seeing Phedre asked: 'Qu'est que ca prouve?' was not such a fool as he has been generally made out. No one has ever been able to explain why the Doric temple of Paestum is more beautiful than a glass of cold beer except by bringing in considerations that have nothing to do with beauty.

Look after your laundry, and your soul will look after itself.

It is astonishing how many books I find there is no need for me to read at all.

There is only one way to win hearts and that is to make oneself like unto those of whom one would be loved.