Man owes two solemn debts--one to society, and one to-nature. It is only when he pays the second that he covers the first.

The only athletic sport I ever mastered was backgammon.

Earth is here so kind, that just tickle her with a hoe and she laughs with a harvest.

After all there is something about a wedding-gown prettier than in any other gown in the world.

A man never so beautifully shows his own strength as when he respects a woman's softness.

He is one of those wise philanthropists who, in a time of famine, would vote for nothing but a supply of toothpicks.

A coquette is like a recruiting sergeant, always on the lookout for fresh victims.

Quality, not quantity, is my measure.

Marriage is like wine. It is not be properly judged until the second glass.

A man is in no danger so long as he talks his love; but to write it is to impale himself on his own pothooks.

Grumblers deserve to be operated upon surgically; their trouble is usually chronic.

Music move God, just as it does lucifer. Something they both have in common.

I have survived and possibly I should not hope for more than that.

What is that one crucifixion compared to the daily kind any insomniac endures?

The lower sort of men must be indulged the consolation of finding fault with those above them; without that, they would be so melancholy that it would be dangerous, considering their numbers.

I'm a big believer in always challenging yourself and learning new skills.

There are many, many art worlds. Art contains multitudes.

There's always an adjective before my name, and it's never a nice one.

I came to L.A. to work and become a better actress, not to be a star.

I've always performed. I've done plays at home.

Let no man give advice to others that he has not first given himself.