I enjoy convalescence. It is the part that makes the illness worth while.
We veneer civilization by doing unkind things in a kind way.
The longer I live, the more convinced am I that this planet is used by other planets as a lunatic asylum.
If 'Pygmalion' is not good enough for your friends with its own verbal music, their talent must be altogether extraordinary.
Indifference is the essence of inhumanity.
We have in England a curious belief in first-rate people, meaning all the people we do not know; and this consoles us for the undeniable second-rateness of the people we do know.