"The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous; on the contrary it makes them, for the most part, humble, tolerant and kind."
"You are not angry with people when you laugh at them. Humor teaches tolerance."
"The highest activities of consciousness have their origins in physical occurrences of the brain just as the loveliest melodies are not too sublime to be expressed by notes."
"There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are."
"What do we any of us have but our illusions? And what do we ask of others but that we be allowed to keep them?"
"I can imagine no more comfortable frame of mind for the conduct of life than a humorous resignation."