The most lasting and pure gladness comes to me from my gardens.

I've put in as many as 40 weeks a year on stage. It is lonely and restricted, as all artistic life must necessarily be.

Why in the world would anyone want to photograph an old woman like me?

I was beautiful. Now, because I am old, I take no shame in so saying.

You wouldn't believe how the town was named for me. I was met by the whole population, headed by the mayor.

On one night of my debut the Prince of Wales, the Princess, and the duchess of London came to see me. They loved me for what I was and what I gave them.

I found my interest lapse in both acting and racing.