Oaths are the counterfeit money with which we pay the sacrifice of love.

That which is striking and beautiful is not always good, but that which is good is always beautiful.

The mind has great advantages over the body; however the body often furnishes little treats ... which offer the mind relief from sad thoughts.

Old age is women's hell.

I have always sworn to my lovers to love them eternally, but for me eternity is a quarter of an hour.

Actors ought to be larger than life. You come across quite enough ordinary, nondescript people in daily life and I don't see why you should be subjected to them on the stage too.

A woman is more influenced by what she divines than by what she is told.