The cues that arouse desire are changed by Fashion, but feel like the proddings of Nature.
The most reliable pleasure afforded by theater is the intermission.
The question you're not supposed to ask is the important one.
Neat trick: to be roused to ambition and reconciled to one's mediocrity at the same time.
With decrepitude, longevity has overshot the mark.
To love a fool is a misfortune, but does not make one a fool.