Courage is very important. Like a muscle, it is strengthened by use.

Your first big trouble can be a bonanza if you live through it. Get through the first trouble, and you'll probably make it through the next one.

Despair is your friend in show business. I don't believe you can act if happiness is your lot. It's the ups that keep you living and the downs that mete out talent.

The kiss. There are all sorts of kisses, lad, from the sticky confection to the kiss of death. Of them all, the kiss of an actress is the most unnerving. How can we tell if she means it or if she's just practicing?

I'm sure the way to be happy is to live well beyond your means!

The good that men do lives after them.

When you finally learn how to do it, you're too old for the good parts.