Never tell a loved one of an infidelity: you would be badly rewarded for your troubles. Although one dislike being deceived, one likes even less to be undeceived.

The joy of a spirit is the measure of its power.

The ideal has many names, and beauty is but one of them.

It is strange that modesty is the rule for women when what they most value in men is boldness.

Actors ought to be larger than life. You come across quite enough ordinary, nondescript people in daily life and I don't see why you should be subjected to them on the stage too.

The resistance of a woman to a man’s advances is not always a sign of virtue. Sometimes it’s just a sign of experience.