A soldier is an anachronism of which we must get rid.

Life is a disease; and the only difference between on man and another is the stage of the disease at which he lives.

The golden rule is that there are no golden rules.

The ideal love affair should be conducted by post.

Fine art is the subtlest, the most seductive, the most effective instrument of moral propaganda in the world, excepting only the example of personal conduct; and I waive even this exception in favor of the art of the stage, because it works by exhibiting examples of personal conduct made intelligible and moving to crowds of unobservant unreflecting people to whom real life means nothing.

Science is always simple and always profound. It is only the half-truths that are dangerous.

The man who has never made a mistake will never make anything else.