Only the brave know how to forgive... a coward never forgave; it is not in his nature.

I once asked a hermit in Italy how he could venture to live alone, in a single cottage, on the top of a mountain, a mile from any habitation? He replied, that Providence was his next-door neighbor.

An actor should be able to create the universe in the palm of his hand.

One may as well be asleep as to read for anything but to improve his mind and morals, and regulate his conduct.

Titles of honor are like the impressions on coins, which add no value to gold or silver, but only render brass current.

A dwarf who brings a standard along with him to measure his own size, take my word, is a dwarf in more articles than one.