The dullard's envy of brilliant men is always assuaged by the suspicion that they will come to a bad end.

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.

Some people are born to lift heavy weights, some are born to juggle golden balls.

I am a Tory anarchist. I should like everyone to go about doing just as he pleased - short of altering any of the things to which I have grown accustomed.

It distresses me, this failure to keep pace with the leaders of thought, as they pass into oblivion.

To mankind in general Macbeth and Lady Macbeth stand out as the supreme type of all that a host and hostess should not be.

Heroes are very human, most of them; very easily touched by praise.