A Little Smoke Lost In The Air,

The Inclination To Digress Is Human. But The Dramatist Must Avoid It Even More Strenuously Than The Saint Must Avoid Sin, For While Sin May Be Venial, Digression Is Mortal.

The Dead Look So Terribly Dead When They're Dead.

It Is Bad Enough To Know The Past; It Would Be Intolerable To Know The Future.

To Write Simply Is As Difficult As To Be Good.

I Would Sooner Read A Time-table Or A Catalogue Than Nothing At All. They Are Much More Entertaining Than Half The Novels That Are Written.