Platitudes are safe, because they're easy to wink at. But truth is something else again.

Life has become immeasurably better since I have been forced to stop taking it seriously.

There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart's desire. The other is to gain it.

The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.

Cannot possibly attend first night. Will attend second, if there is one.

My way of joking is to tell the truth. It's the funniest joke in the world.

The play was a great success, but audience was a dismal failure.

Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.

Without art, the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable.

The most tragic thing in the world is a man of genius who is not a man of honor.