Love, however, cannot be forbidden. The more that flame is covered up, the hotter it burns. Also love can always find a way. It was impossible that these two whose hearts were on fire should be kept apart. (Pyramus and Thisbe)

There is no better indication of what the people of any period are like than the plays they go to see.

The comedy of each age holds up a mirror to the people of that age, a mirror that is unique.

It was a Roman who said it was sweet to die for one's country. The Greeks never said it was sweet to die for anything. They had no vital lies.

When I read educational articles it often seems to me that this important side of the matter, the purely personal side, is not emphasized enough; the fact that it is so much more agreeable and interesting to be an educated person than not. The sheer pleasure of being educated does not seem to be stressed.

It is not hard work that is dreary; it is superficial work.

Poetry and preaching do not go well together; when the preacher mounts the pulpit the poet usually goes away.