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

If God had to give a woman wrinkles, He might at least have put them on the soles of her feet

That which is striking and beautiful is not always good, but that which is good is always beautiful.

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

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.