The happiest people seem to be those who have no particular cause for being happy except that they are so.

They who will live for others shall have great troubles, but they shall seem to them small. Those who will live for themselves shall have small troubles, but they shall seem to them great.

Consciousness is a phase of mental life which arises in connection with the formation of new habits. When habit is formed, consciousness only interferes to spoil our performance.

Theater is, of course, a reflection of life. Maybe we have to improve life before we can hope to improve theater.

Man, as we know him, is a poor creature; he is halfway between an ape and a god and he is travelling in the right direction.

The modern world belongs to the half-educated, a rather difficult class, because they do not realize how little they know.

We must cut our coat according to our cloth, and adapt ourselves to changing circumstances.