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.

Hatred is nearly always honest--rarely, if ever, assumed. So much cannot be said for love.

Today a new sun rises for me; everything lives, everything is animated, everything seems to speak to me of my passion, everything invites me to cherish it.

There is always a moment in the pyramid of our lives when the apex is reached.

Feminine virtue is nothing but a convenient masculine invention.

It is strange that modesty is the rule for women when what they most value in men is boldness.

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.