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

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

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

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.

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.

We all try to be alike in our youth, and individual in our middle age ... although we sometimes mistake eccentricity for individuality.