Perfect is determined in shortened measures of time, not over long periods of time or lifetimes. It would be unnatural.

Music-hall songs provide the dull with wit, just as proverbs provide them with wisdom.

If nobody spoke unless he had something to say, the human race would very soon lose the use of speech.

The drama is make-believe. It does not deal with truth but with effect.

The good traveler has the gift of surprise.

I always find it more difficult to say the things I mean than the things I don't.

For the complete life, the perfect pattern includes old age as well as youth and maturity.