Theater is, of course, a reflection of life. Maybe we have to improve life before we can hope to improve theater.

The proper time to influence the character of a child is about a hundred years before he is born.

The right use of leisure is no doubt a harder problem than the right use of our working hours. The soul is dyed the color of its leisure thoughts.

A cat can be trusted to purr when she is pleased, which is more than can be said for human beings.

The wealth of a soul is measured by how much it can feel; its poverty by how little.

Let us remember, when we are inclined to be disheartened, that the private soldier is a poor judge of the fortunes of a great battle.

A nation is a society united by a delusion about its ancestry and by common hatred of its neighbours.