Pessimism does win us great happy moments.
One might well say that mankind is divisible into two great classes: hosts and guests.
We must stop talking about the American dream and start listening to the dreams of Americans.
It seems to be a law of nature that no man, unless he has some obvious physical deformity, ever is loth to sit for his portrait.
A hundred eyes were fixed on her, and half as many hearts lost to her.
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.