All young women begin by believing they can change and reform the men they marry. They can't.

The heart of an Irishman is nothing but his imagination

I dread success. To have succeeded is to have finished one's business on earth, like the male spider who is killed by the female the moment he has succeeded in his courtship. I like the state of continual becoming, with a goal in front and not behind.

I believe in the discipline of silence, and could talk for hours about it.

The English have no respect for their language, and will not teach their children to speak it.

The medical profession (is) a conspiracy to hide its own shortcomings. No doubt the same may be said of all professions. They are all conspiracies against the laity... (U)ntil there is a practicable alternative to blind trust in the doctor, the truth about the doctor is so terrible that we dare not face it.

You can rave about Stravinsky without the slightest risk of being classified as a lunatic by the next generation .