1. ”For an actress to be a success, she must have the face of Venus, the brains of a Minerva, the grace of Terpsichore, the memory of a Macaulay, the figure of Juno, and the hide of a rhinoceros.”
2. “I FLING the past behind me, like a robe
Worn threadbare at the seams, and out of date.
I have outgrown it. Wherefore should I weep
And dwell upon its beauty, and its dyes
Of oriental splendor, or complain
That I must needs discard it? I can weave
Upon the shuttles of the future years
A fabric far more durable. Subdued,
It may be, in the blending of its hues,
Where somber shades commingle, yet the gleam
Of golden warp shall shoot it through and through,
While over all a fadeless luster lies,
And starred with gems made out of crystalled tears,
My new robe shall be richer than the old.”
3. "It is easy enough to be pleasant, When life flows by like a song. But the man worth while is the one who can smile, when everything goes dead wrong. For the test of the heart is troubled, And it always comes with the years. And the smiles that is worth the praises of earth is the smile that shines through tears."
4. “Let there be many windows to your soul,
. . . Not the narrow pane
Of one poor creed can catch the radiant rays
That shine from countless sources.”
5. "One ship drives east and other drives west by the same winds that blow. It's the set of the sails and not the gales that determines the way they go."
6. "So many gods, so many creeds, So many paths that wind and wind, While just the art of being kind is all the sad world needs."
7. “There is no chance, no destiny, no fate, that can circumvent or hinder or control the firm resolve of a determined soul.”
8. "There's one sad truth in life I've found
While journeying east and west -
The only folks we really wound
Are those we love the best.
We flatter those we scarcely know,
We please the fleeting guest,
And deal full many a thoughtless blow
To those who love us best."
9. "The truest greatness lies in being kind, the truest wisdom in a happy mind."
10. “The two kinds of people on earth I mean,
Are the people who lift and the people who lean.”
11. “This is the way of it, wide world over,
One is beloved, and one is the lover,
One gives and the other receives.
One lavishes all in a wild emotion,
One offers a smile for a life's devotion,
One hopes and the other believes,
One lies awake in the night to weep,
And the other drifts off in a sweet sound sleep.
One soul os aflame with a godlike passion,
One plays with love in an idler's fashion,
One speaks and the other hears.
One sobs, "I love you," and wet eyes show it,
And one laughs lightly, and says, "I know it,"
With smiles for the other's tears.
One lives for the other and nothing beside,
And one remembers the world is wide.
This is the way of it, sad earth over,
The heart that breaks is the heart of the lover,
And the other learns to forget.
For what is the use of endless sorrow?
Though the sun goes down, it will rise to-morrow;
And life is not over yet.
Oh! I know this truth, if I know no other,
That passionate Love is Pain's own mother.”
12. "With care, and skill, and cunning art, She parried Time's malicious dart, And kept the years at bay, Till passion entered in her heart and aged her in a day!"
