The wisdom of the wise is an uncommon degree of common sense.

A good government remains the greatest of human blessings and no nation has ever enjoyed it.

Theater is, of course, a reflection of life. Maybe we have to improve life before we can hope to improve theater.

It is astonishing with how little wisdom mankind can be governed, when that little wisdom is its own.

There are no rewards or punishments - only consequences.

The vulgar mind always mistakes the exceptional for the important.

Over-population is a phenomenon connected with the survival of the unfit, and it is a mechanism which has created conditions favourable to the survival of the unfit and the elimination of the fit.