An actor should be able to create the universe in the palm of his hand.

An inward sincerity will of course influence the outward deportment; but where the one is wanting, there is great reason to suspect the absence of the other.

Heat is in proportion to the want of true knowledge.

The chaste mind, like a polished plane, may admit foul thoughts, without receiving their tincture.

There are worse occupations in this world than feeling a woman's pulse.

Positiveness is a most absurd foible. If you are in the right, it lessens your triumph; if in the wrong, it adds shame to your defeat.

So much of motion, is so much of life, and so much of joy, and to stand still, or get on but slowly, is death and the devil.