Always carry it in thy mind, and act upon it, as a sure maxim: "That women are timid:" And 'tis well they are--else there would beno dealing with them.

I take a simple view of life. It is keep your eyes open and get on with it.

I live in a constant endeavor to fence against the infirmities of ill health, and other evils of life, by mirth; being firmly persuaded that every time a man smiles, but much more when he laughs, it adds some thing to his fragment of life.

There is not a greater paradox in nature,--than that so good a religion [as Christianity] should be no better recommended by its professors.

You can't make theater happen without actors. The actor is the central ingredient in making theater happen. Audiences may come to theaters to see the work of stage managers, directors and producers, but the only people who can communicate theater magic to audiences, through ideas and emotions, are the actors. They are the only ones who can communicate this by themselves, and if necessary, they can get along without you. But you can't make theater without the actor.

We are born to trouble; and we may depend upon it, whilst we live in this world, we shall have it, though with intermissions.

When the heart flies out before the understanding, it saves the judgment a world of pains.