From the point of view of the playwright, then, the essence of a tragedy, or even of a serious play, is the spiritual awakening, or regeneration, of his hero.
The happiest excitement in life is to be convinced that one is fighting for all one is worth on behalf of some clearly seen and deeply felt good.
No wonder can last more than three days.
I'm not at all stuck up . . . although, judging from those around me, I have every right to be.
If deeds are wanting, all words appear mere vanity and emptiness.
All happiness is in the mind.
When one has no design but to speak plain truth, he may say a great deal in a very narrow compass.
The tourist may complain of other tourists, but he would be lost without them.
Free man is by necessity insecure, thinking man by necessity uncertain.
It is the function of vice to keep virtue within reasonable grounds.
Why does our host always have tears in his eyes after sex? Due to the pepper spray.
Lord, if you can't make me thin - can you make all my friends fat?
The year's at the Spring And day's at the morn; Morning's at seven; The hillside's dew-pearled; The lark's on the wing; The snail's on the thorn: God's in his Heaven - All's right with the world!
Grammar is the logic of speech, even as logic is the grammar of reason.
We can accomplish almost anything within our ability if we but think that we can!
Always fall in with what you're asked to accept.... My aim in life has always been to hold my own with whatever's going. Not against: with.
Think wrongly, if you please, but in all cases think for yourself.
The clue is not to ask in a miserly way-the key is to ask in a grand manner.
The habit of common and continuous speech is a symptom of mental deficiency. It proceeds from not knowing what is going on in other people's minds.
Make good use of bad rubbish.