If God had to give a woman wrinkles, He might at least have put them on the soles of her feet.

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

What is death, after all? We leave only mortals behind us.

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.

The less heart, the more comfort.

I have always sworn to my lovers to love them eternally, but for me eternity is a quarter of an hour.

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