Without art, the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable.

I can think of no other edifice constructed by man as altruistic as a lighthouse. They were built only to serve.

A book is like a child: it is easier to bring it into the world than to control it when it is launched there.

The British are apt to make merits of their stupidities, and to represent their various incapacities as points of good breeding.

The man who has never made a mistake will never make anything else.

Am reserving two tickets for you for my premiere. Come and bring a friend - if you have one. Telegram inviting Winston Churchill to opening night of Pygmalion. Churchill wired back: Impossible to be present for the first performance. Will attend the second - if there is one.

What use are cartridges in battle? I always carry chocolate instead.