The theatre is my drug. And my illness is so far advanced that my physic must be of the highest quality.

Late children are early orphans.

God bless our good and gracious King, Whose promise none relies on; Who never said a foolish thing, Nor ever did a wise one.

any experiment of interest in life will be carried out at your own expense

Mothers who force their daughters into interested marriage, are worse than the Ammonites who sacrificed their children to Moloch--the latter undergoing a speedy death, the former suffering years of torture, but too frequently leading to the same result.

Since 'tis Nature's law to change, Constancy alone is strange.

Born to myself, I like myself alone.