What a wretched lot of old shrivelled creatures we shall be by-and-by. Never mind - the uglier we get in the eyes of others, the lovelier we shall be to each other; that has always been my firm faith about friendship.

Any coward can fight a battle when he's sure of winning.

Harold, like the rest of us, had many impressions which saved him the trouble of distinct ideas.

You must love your work and not always be looking over the edge of it wanting your play to begin.

There is much pain that is quite noiseless; and vibrations that make human agonies are often a mere whisper in the roar of hurrying existence.

It's well known there's always two sides, if no more.

Those old stories of visions and dreams guiding men have their truth; we are saved by making the future present to ourselves.