“Thank you for sending me a copy of your book; I’ll waste no time reading it.” – Moses Hadas
“I am enclosing two tickets to the first night of my new play; bring a friend…. if you have one.” – George Bernard Shaw to Winston Churchill. “Cannot possibly attend first night, will attend second… if there is one.” – Winston Churchill, in response.
“He is a self-made man and worships his creator.” – John Bright
“He has Van Gogh’s ear for music.” – Billy Wilder
“He can compress the most words into the smallest idea of any man I know.” - Abraham Lincoln
“I didn’t attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it.” - Mark Twain
“He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends.” - Oscar Wilde