The men of the clique live together because they have the same kind of soul, and their narrowness is a narrowness of spiritual coherence and contentment, like that which exists in hell . . .

Plato was only a Bernard Shaw who unfortunately made his jokes in Greek.

Our digestions, going sacredly and silently right, that is the foundation of all poetry.

Liberty is the very last idea that seems to occur to anybody, in considering any political or social proposal. It is only necessary for anybody for any reason to allege any evidence of any evil in any human practice, for people instantly to suggest that the practice should be suppressed by the police.

A citizen can hardly distinguish between a tax and a fine, except that the fine is generally much lighter.

All men thirst to confess their crimes more than tired beasts thirst for water; but they naturally object to confessing them while other people, who have also committed the same crimes, sit by and laugh at them.

A tragedy means always a mans struggle with that which is stronger than man.