Friendship should be in the singular; it can be no more plural than love.

Indiscretion and wickedness, be it known, are first cousins.

Fair is not fair, but that which pleaseth.

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

Feminine virtue is nothing but a convenient masculine invention.

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.

Love without desire is a delusion: it does not exist in nature.