Old age is a woman's hell.

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

When our desires are fulfilled, we never fail to realize the wealth of imagination and the paucity of reality.

Fair is not fair, but that which pleaseth.

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.

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

The loss of friends is a tax on age!