A gentleman is one who puts more into the world than he takes out.

While browsing in a second-hand bookshop one day, George Bernard Shaw was amused to find a copy of one of his own works which he himself had inscribed for a friend: "To ----, with esteem, George Bernard Shaw." He immediately purchased the book and returned it to the friend with a second inscription: "With renewed esteem, George Bernard Shaw.

Once there was a time when all people believed in God and the church ruled. This time is called the Dark Ages. He who can, does. He who cannot teaches.

When a thing is funny, search it carefully for a hidden truth.

What is virtue but the Trade Unionism of the married?

Spend all you have before you die, and do not outlive yourself.

The conversion of Paul was no conversion at all; it was Paul who converted the religion that has raised one man above sin and death.