This is woman's great benevolence, that she will become a martyr for beauty, so that the world may have pleasure.

It is the custom when praising a Russian writer to do so at the expense of all other Russian writers.

There are travelers who fear to own delicate hands more than to meet a lion, and soldiers who would rather lose a limb than gain a beautiful nose by artificial methods.

Mr. Shaw came for a short time recently to be regarded less as an author than as an incident in the European War. In the opinion of many people it seemed as if the Allies were fighting against a combination composed of Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey, and Mr. Shaw.

Most human beings are quite likable if you don't see too much of them.

We cannot get happiness by striving after it, and yet with an effort we can impart it.

Chekhov will seek out the key situation in the life of a cabman or a charwoman, and make them glow for a brief moment in the tender light of his sympathy.