O the disgrace of it! - / The scandal, the incredible come-down!

To mankind in general Macbeth and Lady Macbeth stand out as the supreme type of all that a host and hostess should not be

As a teacher, as a propagandist, Mr. Shaw is no good at all, even in his own generation. But as a personality, he is immortal.

I know of no man of genius who had not to pay, in some affliction or defect either physical or spiritual, for what the gods had given him.

It is easier to confess a defect than to claim a quality.

People who insist on telling their dreams are among the terrors of the breakfast table.