Culture is not just an ornament; it is the expression of a nation's character, and at the same time it is a powerful instrument to mould character. The end of culture is right living.

There's no one as transparent as the person who thinks he's devilish deep.

I'd sooner be smashed into a mangled pulp by a bus when we cross the street than look forward to a life like yours.

I daresay one profits more by the mistakes one makes off one's own bat than by doing the right thing on somebody's else advice.

Women are strange little beasts,' he said to Dr. Coutras. 'You can treat them like dogs, you can beat them till your arm aches, and still they love you.' He shrugged his shoulders. 'Of course, it is one of the most absurd illusions of Christianity that they have souls.

It seems that the creative faculty and the critical faculty cannot exist together in their highest perfection.

The drama is make-believe. It does not deal with truth but with effect.