The inclination to digress is human. But the dramatist must avoid it even more strenuously than the saint must avoid sin, for while sin may be venial, digression is mortal.

Loving-kindness is the better part of goodness.

The rain fell alike upon the just and upon the unjust, and for nothing was there a why and a wherefore.

The best style is the style you don't notice.

The most useful thing about a principle is that it can always be sacrificed to expediency.

Success. I don't believe it has any effect on me. For one thing I always expected it.

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