Don't say that you want to give, but go ahead and give! You'll never catch up with a mere hope.

How to please the public - that's the test, But nowadays I find I'm in a fix; I know they're not accustomed to the best, But they've all read so much they know the tricks. How can we give then something fresh and new That's serious, but entertaining too?

A creation of importance can only be produced when its author isolates himself, it is a child of solitude.

He is dead in this world who has no belief in another.

The most congenial social occasions are those ruled by cheerful deference of each for all.

Action has magic, grace and power in it.

Who is the wisest man? He who neither knows or wishes for anything else than what happens.