I sing, not arms and the hero, but the philosophic man: he who seeks in contemplation to discover the inner will of the world, ininvention to discover the means of fulfilling that will, and in action to do that will by the so-discovered means.

Nature holds no brief for the human experiment; it must stand or fall by its results.

Gentle Jesus, meek and mild' is a snivelling modern invention, with no warrant in the gospels.

Go on writing plays, my boy, One of these days one of these London producers will go into his office and say to his secretary, "Is there a play from Shaw this morning?" and when she says, "No," he will say, "Well, then we'll have to start on the rubbish." And that's your chance, my boy.

Woman reduces us all to the common denominator.

It is the end of happiness and the beginning of peace.

A man who desires to get married should know everything or nothing.