Paradoxically though it may seem, it is none the less true that life imitates art far more than art imitates life.

Nowadays most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it is too late that the only things one never regrets are one's mistakes.

We live in an age when unnecessary things are our only necessities.

In this world there are only two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it. (Mr. Dumby, Act III)