The less heart, the more comfort.

When our desires are fulfilled, we never fail to realize the wealth of imagination and the paucity of reality.

There is a certain time of life, when we value a good stomach more than the mind.

Glances are the first billets-doux of love.

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.

Gossip, like ennui, is born of idleness.

Never tell a loved one of an infidelity: you would be badly rewarded for your troubles. Although one dislikes being deceived, one likes even less to be undeceived.