Reminiscences make one feel so deliciously aged and sad.

To a professional critic (I have been one myself) theatre-going is the curse of Adam. The play is the evil he is paid to endure in the sweat of his brow; and the sooner it is over, the better.

A man of great common sense and good taste - meaning thereby a man without originality or moral courage.

Where there is no knowledge ignorance calls itself science.

Great art is never produced for its own sake. It is too difficult to be worth the effort.

Islam is the best religion and Muslims are the worst followers

He said that private practice in medicine ought to be put down by law. When I asked him why, he said that private doctors were ignorant licensed murders.