Men marry because they are tired; women because they are curious. Both are disappointed. A Woman of No Importance
It is permissible even for a dying hero to think before he dies how men will speak of him hereafter. His fame lasts perhaps two thousand years. And what are two thousand years?... What, indeed, if you look from a mountain top down the long wastes of the ages? The very stone one kicks with one's boot will outlast Shakespeare. To the Lighthouse
For in order to command well, we should know how to submit; and he who submits with a good grace will some time become worthy of commanding. On The Laws
A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective. Journals
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