Memory is ever active, ever true. Alas, if it were only as easy to forget!

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.

Words really flattering are not those which we prepare but those which escape us unthinkingly.

A sensible woman should be guided by her head when taking a husband, and by her heart when taking a lover.

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

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

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.