George Bernard Shaw

Statistics show that of those who contract the habit of eating, very few survive.

The art of government is the organization of idolatry. The bureaucracy consists of functionaries; the aristocracy, of idols; the democracy, of idolaters. The populace cannot understand the bureaucracy: it can only worship the national idols.

Dying is a troublesome business: there is pain to be suffered, and it wrings one’s heart; but death is a splendid thing –a warfare accomplished, a beginning all over again, a triumph. You can always see that in their faces.

Independence? That’s middle class blasphemy. We are all dependent on one another, every soul of us on earth.

Science is always wrong, it never solves a problem without creating ten more.

My religion? Well, my dear, I am a Millionaire. That is my religion.

We are not what we are, nor do we treat or esteem each other for such, but for what we are capable of being.

Claret is the liquor for boys; port for men; but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy.

Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend.

Reminiscences make one feel so deliciously aged and sad.

There are few things that we so unwillingly give up, even in advanced age, as the supposition that we still have the power of ingratiating ourselves with the fair sex.

Failure is success if we learn from it.

If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.

A lawyers dream of heaven; every man reclaimed his property at the resurrection, and each tried to recover it from all his forefathers.

Every calamity is a spur and valuable hint.

Don’t try to solve serious matters in the middle of the night.

Let us not be too particular; it is better to have old secondhand diamonds than none at all.

Only on paper has humanity yet achieved glory, beauty, truth, knowledge, virtue, and abiding love.

Courage is the greatest of all virtues, because if you haven’t courage, you may not have an opportunity to use any of the others.

I have never taken any exercise except sleeping and resting.

Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves.