The theater has never been any good since the actors became gentlemen.

The commonest ivory tower is that of the average man, the state of passivity towards experience.

Who on earth invented the silly convention that it is boring or impolite to talk shop? Nothing is more interesting to listen to, especially if the shop is not one's own.

Political history is far too criminal to be a fit subject of study for the young. Children should acquire their heroes and villians from fiction.

Fate succumbs many a species: one alone jeopardises itself.

Does God judge us by appearances? I Suspect that He does.

Desire, even in its wildest tantrums, can neither persuade me it is love nor stop me from wishing it were.