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.

Love never dies of starvation, but often of indigestion.

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.

If a man needs a religion to conduct himself properly in this world, it is a sign that he has either a limited mind or a corrupt heart.

The resistance of a woman is not always a proof of her virtue, but more frequently of her experience.

A man is given the choice between loving women and understanding them