For the last half of my life I have had the doubtful benefit of a brother whose literary reputation is much greater than my own.

But it has also enabled me to find my feet as a lecturer and a reader of my own plays to audiences who like to hear them; and that experience of immediate appreciation gives greater pleasure and more stimulus towards further activity than even the most laudatory of reviews.

I had never thought of myself as a dramatist, and, for really good technical results, the thought came too late: a man of letters has become too wordy to write economically for the stage.

A saint is one who makes goodness attractive. Surely, a great teacher does the same thing for education.

For the last half of my life I have had the doubtful benefit of a brother whose literary reputation is much greater than my own.

If nature had arranged that husbands and wives should have children alternatively, there would never be more than three in a family.

If fathers were to be mothers, then there will never have a family of more than three.