Twenty years of romance makes a woman look like a ruin; but twenty years of marriage makes her something like a public building.

What men call the shadow of the body is not the shadow of the body, but is the body of the soul.

The mere mechanical technique of acting can be taught, but the spirit that is to give life to lifeless forms must be born in a man. No dramatic college can teach its pupils to think or to feel. It is Nature who makes our artists for us, though it may be Art who taught them their right mode of expression.

Be moderate in all things, including moderation.

The secret of remaining young is never to have an emotion that is unbecoming.

Those who find ugly meanings in beautiful things are corrupt without being charming. This is a fault.

Ah! The strength of women comes from the fact that psychology cannot explain us. Men can be analyzed, women...merely adored.