I never expect a soldier to think.

An interesting play cannot in the nature of things mean anything but a play in which problems of conduct and character of personalimportance to the audience are raised and suggestively discussed.

After all, the wrong road always leads somewhere.

A man ought to be able to be fond of his wife without making a fool of himself about her.

I try to follow his example, not to imitate him.

[Chess] is a foolish expedient for making idle people believe they are doing something very clever, when they are only wasting their time.

Put an Irishman on the spit and you can always get another Irishman to turn him.