It is so easy to convince others; it is so difficult to convince oneself.

Any place you love is the world to you.

Pleasure is the only thing one should live for, nothing ages like happiness.

An actor is part illusionist, part artist, part ham.

But then one regrets the loss even of one's worst habits. Perhaps one regrets them the most. They are such an essential part of one's personality.

A grand passion is the privelege of people who have nothing to do.

A man whose desire is to be something separate from himself, to be a member of Parliament, or a successful grocer, or a prominent solicitor, or a judge, or something equally tedious, invariably succeeds in being what he wants to be. That is his punishment. Those who want a mask have to wear it.