Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength and potency to accomplish something.
Religion is a good invention in times of stress.
God’s trustiest lieutenants often lack official credentials. They may be professed atheists who are also men of honour and high public spirit.
Instead of Otello being an Italian opera written in the style of Shakespeare, Othello is a play written by Shakespeare in the style of Italian opera.
The moment we want to believe something, we suddenly see all the arguments for it, and become blind to the arguments against it.
A broken heart is a very pleasant complaint for a man in London if he has a comfortable income.
A man of great common sense and good taste – meaning thereby a man without originality or moral courage.
Never fret for an only son, the idea of failure will never occur to him.
Parentage is a very important profession, but no test of fitness for it is ever imposed in the interest of the children.
Capitalism has destroyed our belief in any effective power but that of self interest backed by force.
The trouble with her is that she lacks the power of conversation but not the power of speech.
Cruelty would be delicious if one could only find some sort of cruelty that didn’t really hurt.
The only secrets are the secrets that keep themselves.
I am a Christian. That obliges me to be a Communist.
Baseball has the great advantage over cricket of being sooner ended.
I would like to take you seriously, but to do so would be an affront to your intelligence.
Which painting in the National Gallery would I save if there was a fire? The one nearest the door of course.
You cannot be a hero without being a coward.
It is dangerous to be sincere unless you are also stupid.
It’s so hard to know what to do when one wishes earnestly to do right.