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.

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

It may be that all games are silly. But then, so are humans.

It is doubtful if even experience of riches and success is as intense among those who have experienced nothing else as among those who have also experienced poverty and failure. There is little romance in wealth to those who have been born wealthy and whose families have been wealthy for generations.

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

The belief in the possibility of a short decisive war appears to be one of the most ancient and dangerous of human illusions.

Mystery lies over the sea. Every ship is bound for Thule.