Herbert Beerbohm Tree

A committee should consist of three men, two of whom are absent.

He is an old bore. Even the grave yawns for him.

Every man is a potential genius until he does something.

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.

While writing books about the past, I think about the present. It's not intentional, but somehow my books end up being written under the sign of a political mood.

Why do men fight who were born to be brothers?