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.

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.

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

A woman is more influenced by what she divines than by what she is told.

One must choose between loving women and knowing them.

Gossip, like ennui, is born of idleness.

A woman should not take a lover without the consent of her heart, nor a husband without the consent of her reason.