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.

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.

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.

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.