Usefulness! It is not a fascinating word, and the quality is not one of which the aspiring spirit can dream o' nights, yet on the stage it is the first thing to aim at.

Only a great actor finds the difficulties of the actor's art infinite.

Before you can be eccentric, you must know where the circle is.

Wonderful women! Have you ever thought how much we all, and women especially, owe to Shakespeare for his vindication of women in these fearless, high-spirited, resolute and intelligent heroines?

Conceit is an insuperable obstacle to all progress.

Vary the pace. ... it is one of the foundations of all good acting.

Conceit is an insuperable obstacle to all progress. On the other hand, it is of little use to take criticism in a slavish spirit and to act on it without understanding it.

Eulogy is nice, but one does not learn anything from it.

Not until we have learned to be useful can we afford to do what we like.

The tragedian will always be a limited tragedian if he has not learned how to laugh. The comedian who cannot weep will never touch the highest levels of mirth.

Coroners' inquests by learned societies can't make Shakespeare a dead man.

People as a rule do mean much more than they understand.

How many relationships have broken down because of gossip or a word spoken thoughtlessly or in anger? A harsh word can’t be taken back

Don't hold to anger, hurt or pain. They steal your energy and keep you from love.

Maybe I'm naive, but I subscribe to the idea that nobody is actually making strategic decisions about their career. Trying to do that would be like playing three-card monte on Canal Street.

The more able a man is, if he make ill use of his abilities, the more dangerous will he be to the commonwealth.

Freedom is not merely a word or an abstract theory, but the most effective instrument for advancing the welfare of man.

Why can't we summon the ingenuity and courage of the generations that came before us? The dinosaurs never saw that asteroid coming. What's our excuse?

Donald Trump's words are are not funny, his words are poisonous.

The objects that we have known in better days are the main props that sustain the weight of our affections, and give us strength to await our future lot.

No patriotism is genuine that is merely partisan or provincial.