By its very looseness, by its way of evoking rather than defining, suggesting rather than saying, English is a magnificent vehicle for emotional poetry.
To destroy is still the strongest instinct of our nature.
Incongruity is the mainspring of laughter.
Great men are but life-sized. Most of them, indeed, are rather short.
All fantasy should have a solid base in reality.
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.