» I am acquainted with no immaterial sensuality so delightful as good acting.
» No more we meet in yonder bowers Absence has made me prone to roving; But older, firmer hearts than ours, Have found monotony in loving.
» My turn of mind is so given to taking things in the absurd point of view, that it breaks out in spite of me every now and then.
» Why I came here, I know not; where I shall go it is useless to inquire -- in the midst of myriads of the living and the dead worlds, stars, systems, infinity, why should I be anxious about an atom?
» Adversity is the first path to truth.
» It is odd but agitation or contest of any kind gives a rebound to my spirits and sets me up for a time.
» The poor dog, in life the firmest friend. The first to welcome, foremost to defend.
» I cannot help thinking that the menace of Hell makes as many devils as the severe penal codes of inhuman humanity make villains.
» Fame is the thirst of youth.
» Folly loves the martyrdom of fame.