Cruelty must be whitewashed by a moral excuse, and pretense of reluctance.

In an ugly and unhappy world the richest man can purchase nothing but ugliness and unhappiness.

Of the two lots, the woman's lot of perpetual motherhood, and the man's of perpetual babyhood, I prefer the man's.

An English army led by an Irish general: that might be a match for a French army led by an Italian general.

Men have to do some awfully mean things to keep up their respectability.

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.

As an old soldier, I admit the cowardice: it's as universal as seasickness, and matters just as little.