“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)”

“There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.”

“There are only two ways, as you know, of becoming civilized. One is by being cultured, the other is by being corrupt.”

“When one is in love, one always begins by deceiving one's self, and one always ends by deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.”

“The tragedy of growing old is not that one is old but that one is young.”

“Civilization is not by means an easy thing to attain to. There are only two ways by which man can reach it. One is by being cultured, the other by being corrupt.”

“To get back one's youth one has merely to repeat one's follies.”