The tie which links mother and child is of such pure and immaculate strength as to be never violated.

It is not poverty so much as pretense that harasses a ruined man - the struggle between a proud mind and an empty purse - the keeping up of a hollow show that must soon come to an end.

Acting provides the fulfillment of never being fulfilled. You're never as good as you'd like to be. So there's always something to hope for.

A woman's whole life is a history of the affections.

Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart.

Jealous people poison their own banquet and then eat it

The land of literature is a fairy land to those who view it at a distance, but, like all other landscapes, the charm fades on a nearer approach, and the thorns and briars become visible.