There is much to be said for failure. It is more interesting than success.
No fine work can be done without concentration and self-sacrifice and toil and doubt.
The past is a work of art, free of irrelevancies and loose ends.
As a teacher, as a propagandist, Mr. Shaw is no good at all, even in his own generation. But as a personality, he is immortal.
True dandyism is the result of an artistic temperament working upon a fine body within the wide limits of fashion.
Humility is a virtue, and it is a virtue innate in guests.