In the theatre the audience want to be surprised - but by things that they expect.

To live happily with other people, ask of them only what they can give.

To be happy with human beings, we should not ask them for what they cannot give

In the theater the audience wants to be surprised but by things that they expect

Men are always sincere. They change sincerities, that's all.

As long as more people will pay admission to a theater to see a naked body than to see a naked brain, the drama will languish