A man of genius is not a man who sees more than other men do. On the contrary, it is very often found that he is absentminded andobserves much less than other people.... Why is it that the public have such an exaggerated respect for him--after he is dead? The reason is that the man of genius understands the importance of the few things he sees.

Make money and the whole nation will conspire to call you a gentleman.

We educate one another; and we cannot do this if half of us consider the other half not good enough to talk to.

Treat a friend as a person who may someday become your enemy; an enemy as a person who may someday become your friend.

In order to fully realize how bad a popular play can be, it is necessary to see it twice.

I like a bit of mongrel myself, whether it's a man or a dog.

The fact that we can become accustomed to anything, however disgusting at first, makes it necessary to examine carefully everything we have become accustomed to.