Then there was a man who said, 'I never knew what real happiness was until I got married; by then it was too late'

Life is too short to learn German

I find that forgiving one's enemies is a most curious morbid pleasure; perhaps I should check it.

Oh, no doubt the cod is a splendid swimmer - admirable for swimming purposes but not for eating.

Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.

I regard the theatre as the greatest of all art forms, the most immediate way in which a human being can share with another the sense of what it is to be a human being.

To know anything about oneself one must know all about others.