Because a man can write great works he is none the less a man.

We know our friends by their defects rather than by their merits.

Beauty is an ecstasy; it is as simple as hunger.

The audience is a very curious animal. It is shrewd rather than intelligent. Its mental capacity is less than that of its most intellectual members.

It's very hard to be a gentleman and a writer.

The audience is not the least important actor in the play and if it will not do its allotted share the play falls to pieces.

It does the heart good to look at you.