There is one thing which gives radiance to everything. It is the idea of something around the corner.

Like every book I never wrote, it is by far the best book I have ever written.

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

A dead thing goes with the stream, but only a living thing can go against it.

No man must be superior to the things that are common to men.... Not only are we all in the same boat, but we are all seasick.

It is much easier to write a good Times leading article than a good joke in Punch.

The things we see every day are the things we never see at all.