A third variety of drama ... begins as tragedy with scraps of fun in it ... and ends in comedy without mirth in it, the place of mirth being taken by a more or less bitter and critical irony.

There is only one person an English girl hates more than she hates her elder sister; and that is her mother.

My schooling did me a great deal of harm and no good whatever; it was simply dragging a child's soul through the dirt.

Syllables govern the world.

A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.

The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.

The universal regard for money is the one hopeful fact in our civilization.