The most powerful book in the world at the beginning of the twentieth century is the check-book.

Never has the theatrical profession been more overcrowded than at the present moment.

He who buys what he does not want ends in wanting what he cannot buy.

Marriage with love is entering heaven with one's eyes shut, but marriage without love is entering hell with them open.

Sunshine is more health-giving than pills and potions: and travel in foreign lands is a mental tonic, which feeds the mind even if it empties the pocket.

Adversity is the touchstone of character: it is not in success but in misfortune that hidden powers bear fruit.

Many people with a wild desire to act prove failures on the stage, their inclinations are greater than their powers. Rarely is it the other way.