Use your health, even to the point of wearing it out. That is what it is for. Spend all you have before you die; do not outlive yourself.

A fool's brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry. Hence University education.

I am a Millionaire. That is my religion.

No, really: I can't fight, I never could. I can't bring myself to dislike anyone enough.

O God that madest this beautiful earth, when will it be ready to receive Thy saints? How long, O Lord, how long?

the beauty and nobility, the august mission and destiny, of human handwriting.

You don't get tired of muffins. But you don't find inspiration in them

Physically there is nothing to distinguish human society from the farm-yard except that children are more troublesome and costly than chickens and calves and that men and women are not so completely...

MRS PEARCE. Mr Higgins: youre tempting the girl. It's not right. She should think of the future.HIGGINS. At her age! Nonsense! Time enough to think of the future when you havnt any future to think of.

Except during the nine months before he draws his first breath, no man manages his affairs as well as a tree does.

Not that I disclaim the fullest responsibility for his opinions and for those of all my characters, pleasant and unpleasant. They are all right from their several points of view; and their points of...

The truth sticks in our throats with all the sauces it is served with: it will never go down until we take it without any sauce at all.

The most distinguished persons become more revolutionary as they grow older.

The only man I know who behaves sensibly is my tailor; he takes my measurements anew each time he sees me. The rest go on with their old measurements and expect me to fit them.

Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.

My religious convictions and scientific views cannot at present be more specifically defined than as those of a believer in creative evolution. I desire that no public monument or work of art or...

My way of joking is to tell the truth. It's the funniest joke in the world.

He knows nothing; and he thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political career.