Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine and at last you create what you will.

Common sense is instinct. Enough of it is genius.

Life is a disease; and the only difference between one another is the stage of the disease at which he lives.

Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you were born in it.

It is most unwise for people in love to marry.

The English have no respect for their language, and will not teach their children to speak it.

Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.

Nobel prize money is a lifebelt thrown to a swimmer who has already reached the shore in safety.

He who has never hoped can never despair.

In order to fully realize how bad a popular play can be, it is necessary to see it twice.