Mere color, unspoiled by meaning, and unallied with definite form, can speak to the soul in a thousand different ways.

The only thing that one really knows about human nature is that it changes. Change is the one quality we can predicate of it. The systems that fail are those that rely on the permanency of human nature, and not on its growth and development. The error of Louis XIV was that he thought human nature would always be the same. The result of his error was the French Revolution. It was an admirable result.

I love acting. It is so much more real than life.

I can sympathize with everything, except suffering.

Rugby is a game for barbarians played by gentlemen. Football is a game for gentlemen played by barbarians.

Poets know how useful passion is for publication. Nowadays a broken heart will run to many editions.

A man who does not think for himself does not think at all. It is grossly selfish to require of one's neighbour that he should think in the same way, and hold the same opinions. Why should he? If he can think, he will probably think differently. If he cannot think, it is monstrous to require thought of any kind from him.