The English are not a very spiritual people, so they invented cricket to give them some idea of eternity.

With the single exception of Homer, there is no eminent writer, not even Sir Walter Scott, whom I can despise so entirely as I despise Shakespeare when I measure my mind against his. . . . It would positively be a relief to me to dig him up and throw stones at him.

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.

It is the first duty of every man not to be poor.

When an apparent miracle happened.it proved divine mission to the credulous, and proved a contract with the devil to the skeptical.

Those who are looking for paradise on Earth should come and see Dubrovnik.

Who is this Baby Ruth? And what does she do?