The body of an actor can be either his best friend or his worst enemy.

If any man despises me, that is his problem. My only concern is not doing or saying anything deserving of contempt.

Whatever anyone does or says, I must be emerald and keep my colour.

Accustom yourself not to be disregarding of what someone else has to say: as far as possible enter into the mind of the speaker.

Which is recorded of Socrates, that he was able both to abstain from, and to enjoy, those things which many are too weak to abstain from, and cannot enjoy without excess. But to be strong enough both to bear the one and to be sober in the other is the mark of a man who has a perfect and invincible soul.

Consider how many do not even know your name, and how many will soon forget it, and how those who now praise you will presently blame you.

A great estate is a great disadvantage to those who do not know how to use it, for nothing is more common than to see wealthy persons live scandalously and miserably; riches do them no service in order to virtue and happiness; therefore 'tis precept and principle, not an estate, that makes a man good for something.