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

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

Theatrical work means too much work or none.

Civilisation makes us all as alike as peas in a pod, and it is the very uncouth - uncivilised, if you will - element which individualises nations.

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

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

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