The moral code which was good enough for our fathers is not good enough for our children.

None are so inconsiderate as those who demand nothing of life other than their own personal comfort.

Misanthropy is a suit of armor lined with thorns.

Many think they have a kind heart who have only weak nerves.

An intelligent woman has millions of born enemies... all the stupid men.

We are so vain that we even care for the opinion of those we don't care for.

Calmness is the graceful form of Confidence.

Exceptions are not always the proof of the old rule; they can also be the harbinger of a new one.

Nothing is so often and so irrevocably missed as the opportunity which crops up daily.

There are very few honest friends--the demand is not particularly great.

Pain is the great teacher of mankind. Beneath its breath souls develop.

An artistic person taps into the destructive emotional energy of guilt and shame and the longing to love and be loveable and transforms these powerful emotions into a creative force.

Repentance of spirit, resurrection of soul.

I don't think I've ever died on stage. I've had jokes that died on stage. I've told a joke and absolutely nothing. They didn't know it was the end of the joke.

Another culture can be learned in the classroom for a single term, but it can be felt from a person for a lifetime.

Having no unusual coincidence is far more unusual than any coincidence could possibly be.

The eyes of the dead are closed gently; we also have to open gently the eyes of the living.

I think the world would be much better if you always started the morning by calling the person you dreamt of during the night.

What has not yet emerged is easy to prevent.

It might be pardonable to refuse to defend some men, but to defend them negligently is nothing short of criminal.

If you spent your weekends in the clubs, you could see the change in the eyes of the people. They became merciless, in a way, in their desire to be entertained.