I have laid my cheek upon the earth and felt it my mother's bosom.

[Moses] probably said to himself, 'Must stop or I shall be getting silly.' That is why there are only ten commandments.

People we love must be loved as they are. It is a want both of wisdom and courage on our part - a sort of drug - this wilful blindness, to blame them, because they fail our vision of them.

You can do anything in London, as long as you don't do it on the street.

Our best loved friend is always in some way our peer.

Lillian Gish may be a charming person, but she is not Ophelia. She comes on stage as if she had been sent for to sew rings on the new curtains.

Mrs. Campbell once attempted to smuggle her pet Pekingese through customs by tucking him inside the upper part of her cape. "Everything was going splendidly," she later remarked, "until my bosom barked."