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

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.

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

Few authors are so interesting as their work - they generally reserve their wit or trenchant sarcasm for their books.

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.

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