George Bernard Shaw

Success covers a multitude of blunders.

The philosopher is Nature’s pilot. And there you have our difference: to be n hell is to drift: to be in heaven is to steer.

I’m not a teacher: only a fellow-traveler of whom you asked the way. I pointed ahead – ahead of myself as well as you.

A miracle is an event which creates faith. That is the purpose and nature of miracles. Frauds deceive. An event which creates faith does not deceive: therefore it is not a fraud, but a miracle.

What is virtue but the Trade Unionism of the married?

Do not do unto others as you would that they should do unto you. Their tastes may not be the same.

You must not only aim right, but draw the bow with all your might.

The majority have no other reason for their opinions than that they are the fashion.

Accept the place the divine providence has found for you, the society of your contemporaries, the connection of events.

A shoe that is too large is apt to trip one, and when too small, to pinch the feet. So it is with those whose fortune does not suit them.

Columbus discovered no isle or key so lonely as himself.

Tis a rule of manners to avoid exaggeration.

Men lose their tempers in defending their taste.

To have in general but little feeling, seems to be the only security against feeling too much on any particular occasion.

Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please.

Experience is in the fingers and head. The heart is inexperienced.

There is only one failure in life possible, and that is not to be true to the best one knows.

The finest language is mostly made up of simple unimposing words.

The desire of advising has a very extensive prevalence; and, since advice cannot be given but to those that will hear it, a patient listener is necessary to the accommodation of all those who desire to be confirmed in the opinion of their own wisdom: a patient listener, however, is not always to be had; the present age, whatever age is present, is so vitiated and disordered, that young people are readier to talk than to attend, and good counsel is only thrown away upon those who are full of their own perfections.

We must substitute courage for caution.

God enters by a private door into every individual.