An actor should take lessons from a painter and a sculptor.

Being brilliant is no great feat if you respect nothing.

Beware of wishing for anything in youth, because you will get it in middle age.

All professional men are handicapped by not being allowed to ignore things which are useless.

The absence of temptation is the absence of virtue.

Happy is it, indeed, for me that my heart is capable of feeling the same simple and innocent pleasure as the peasant whose table is covered with food of his own rearing, and who not only enjoys his meal, but remembers with delight the happy days and sunny mornings when he planted it, the soft evenings when he watered it, and the pleasure he experienced in watching its daily growth.

The world sees only the reflection of merit; therefore when you come to know a really great man intimately, you may as often find him above as below his reputation.