Even the paradise of fools is not an unpleasant abode while it is inhabitable.

Faith is an act of self-consecration, in which the will, the intellect, and the affections all have their place.

Don't get up from the feast of life without paying for your share of it.

We tolerate shapes in human beings that would horrify us if we saw them in a horse.

It is astonishing with how little wisdom mankind can be governed, when that little wisdom is its own.

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

There is no limit to the noble aspirations which the words "my country" may evoke.