There are no perfect women in the world; only hypocrites exhibit no defects.
Love without desire is a delusion: it does not exist in nature.
Firmness is great; persistency is greater.
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.
Old age is women's hell.