In marriage there are no manners to keep up, and beneath the wildest accusations no real criticism. Each is familiar with that ancient child in the other who may erupt again. We are not ridiculous to ourselves. We are ageless.…

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When a man goes through six years training to be a doctor he will never...

When a man goes through six years training to be a doctor he will never...

The theatre is a gross art, built in sweeps and over-emphasis. Compromise is its second...

The theatre is a gross art, built in sweeps and over-emphasis. Compromise is its second...

A father is always making his baby into a little woman. And when she is...

A father is always making his baby into a little woman. And when she is...

Judges don't age; time decorates them.

Judges don't age; time decorates them.

The pleasure of one's effect on other people still exists in age - what's called...

The pleasure of one's effect on other people still exists in age - what's called...

A father is always making his baby into a little woman. And when she is...

A father is always making his baby into a little woman. And when she is...

As for death one gets used to it, even if it's only other people's death...

As for death one gets used to it, even if it's only other people's death...

If a dog doesn't put you first where are you both? In what relation? A...

If a dog doesn't put you first where are you both? In what relation? A...

English - Who needs that? I'm never going to England!

English - Who needs that? I'm never going to England!

In conversation, humor is worth more than wit and easiness more than knowledge.

In conversation, humor is worth more than wit and easiness more than knowledge.

Humor is merely tragedy standing on its head with its pants torn.

Humor is merely tragedy standing on its head with its pants torn.

Humor is, I think, the subtlest and chanciest of literary forms. It is surely not...

Humor is, I think, the subtlest and chanciest of literary forms. It is surely not...

There seems to be no lengths to which humorless people will not go to analyze...

There seems to be no lengths to which humorless people will not go to analyze...

Humor is perhaps a sense of intellectual perspective: an awareness that some things are really...

Humor is perhaps a sense of intellectual perspective: an awareness that some things are really...

Oh, you hate your job? Why didn't you say so? There's a support group for...

Oh, you hate your job? Why didn't you say so? There's a support group for...

Prior to Wordsworth, humor was an essential part of poetry. I mean, they don't call...

Prior to Wordsworth, humor was an essential part of poetry. I mean, they don't call...

But it was this tough little character part that I was playing, a very funny...

But it was this tough little character part that I was playing, a very funny...

Even people that I agree with can do something that would be a target for...

Even people that I agree with can do something that would be a target for...

A woman has to be intelligent, have charm, a sense of humor, and be kind....

A woman has to be intelligent, have charm, a sense of humor, and be kind....

Humor comes from self-confidence.

Humor comes from self-confidence.