Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far the best ending for one.
It is always with the best intentions that the worst work is done.
Now that the House of Commons is trying to become useful, it does a great deal of harm.
Children have a natural antipathy to books- handicraft should be the basis of education. Boys and girls should be taught to use their hands to make something, and they would be less apt to destroy and be mischievous.
It was only in the theatre that I lived
Alone, and without any reference to his neighbours, without any interference, the artist can fashion a beautiful thing; and if he does not do it solely for his own pleasure, he is not an artist at all.