The play was a great success, but audience was a dismal failure.

Progress is impossible without change; and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.

Most of the money given by rich people in "charity" is made up of conscience money, "ransom," political bribery, and bids for titles.... One buys moral credit by signing a cheque, which is easier than turning a prayer wheel.

Revolutionary moments attract those who are not good enough for established institutions as well as those who are too good for them.

Make it a rule never to give a child a book you would not read yourself.

The trouble with her is that she lacks the power of conversation but not the power of speech.

When people shake their heads because we are living in a restless age, ask them how they would like to life in a stationary one, and do without change