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.

We know our friends by their defects rather than by their merits.

I've always been interested in people, but I've never liked them.

The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit.

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

As lovers, the difference between men and women is that women can love all day long, but men only at times.

I'm only twenty-five. If I've made a mistake I have time to correct it.