The drama's laws the drama's patrons give. For we that live to please must please to live.

Cucumber should be well sliced, dressed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out.

The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.

Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.

Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.

When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.

Classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world.

A man who uses a great many words to express his meaning is like a bad marksman who, instead of aiming a single stone at an object, takes up a handful and throws at it in hopes he may hit.

There are minds so impatient of inferiority that their gratitude is a species of revenge, and they return benefits, not because recompense is a pleasure, but because obligation is a pain.

When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.

He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts.

If hopes were dupes, fears may be liars.

People always say, 'Who is your audience?' and I could never put a finger on it - and I wouldn't want to put a finger on it.

Immoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man.

I have decided not to oppose anyone ever again, since I have noticed that I always end by resembling my latest enemy.

As actors we're always trying to use our creative imagination.

The number of those 19 to 25 with private insurance increased from 51 to 55.8 percent, and the percentage of uninsured fell from 33.9 percent in 2010 to 28.8 percent during the first half of 2011.

Outside of Paris, there is no hope for the cultured.

People like me who are reform-minded ignore the people who say, 'Just criticize and don't do anything and let's win by default.' That's ridiculous.

The Democrats in particular are do-nothing guys.

Nymphets do not occur in polar regions.