I have known no man of genius who had not to pay, in some affliction or defect, either physical or spiritual, for what the gods had given him.

To say that a man is vain means merely that he is pleased with the effect he produces on other people.

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.

There is in the human race some dark spirit of recalcitrance, always pulling us in the direction contrary to that in which we are reasonably expected to go.

You cannot make a man by standing a sheep on its hind-legs. But by standing a flock of sheep in that position you can make a crowd of men.

A man's work is rather the needful supplement to himself than the outcome of it.