It is not the quantity of the meat, but the cheerfulness of the guests, which makes the feast

[For him, that role illustrated some of the quirks of live theater.] They liked my hair, ... then they put me in a hat or wig for everything except one scene.

So much enamoured on peace that he [Falkland] would have been glad the King should have bought it at any price.

Nothing is more beautiful than cheerfulness in an old face

As long as there is a chance of the world getting through its troubles, I hold that a reasonable man must behave as though he were sure of it. If at the end your cheerfulness was not justified, at any rate you will have been cheerful.

He makes a July's day short as December, And with his varying childness cures in me Thoughts that would thick my blood.