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.

The public want actresses, because they think all actresses bad. They don't want music or poetry because they know that both are good. So actors and actresses thrive and poets and composers starve.

The love of economy is the root of all virtue.

There is nothing on earth intended for innocent people so horrible as a school.

This planet is obviously being used as an insane asylum by other planets.

Remember that I too am mortal.

Hell is not all paved with bad intentions.