In the old times men carried out their rights for themselves as they lived, but nowadays every baby seems born with a social manifesto in its mouth much bigger than itself."

"He thinks like a Tory, and talks like a Radical, and that's so important nowadays."

"The stage is not merely the meeting place of all the arts, but is also the return of art to life."

To make a good salad is to be a brilliant diplomatist -- the problem is entirely the same in both cases. To know exactly how much oil one must put with one's vinegar.

A poet can survive everything but a misprint.