If a man is indolent, let him be poor. If he is drunken, let him be poor.... Also--somewhat inconsistently--blessed are the poor!

A drama critic is a man who leaves no turn unstoned.

Nobel Prize money is a life-belt thrown to a swimmer who has already reached the shore in safety.

You must not suppose, because I am a man of letters, that I never tried to earn an honest living.

This is my father. Try what you can with him! He won't listen to me, because he remembers what a fool I was when I was a baby.

Progress is impossible without change; and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.

Lack of money is the root of of all evil.