There is nothing so carking as the pangs of unsatisfied curiosity.

I see no present solution of a great and intricate problem but that the rich should realize their duty to the poor.

if there's a spirit world why don't the ghosts of dead artists get together and inhibit bad playwrights from tormenting first-nighters?

The world changed somewhat in form during its progress, but never in substance.

Never trust a woman who will not lie about her age after thirty. She is unwomanly and unhuman and there is no knowing what crimes she will commit.

Civilization in certain respects is as inadequate as it was a thousand years ago.

Every leader of a great revolution is a fanatic and a Jesuit.