“Soul of the age! The applause! delight! The wonder of our stage!”

“What a delighted fascination it is, to stand aside and watch our dearest friend perform on stage without us.”

“Upon common theaters, indeed, the applause of the audience is of more importance to the actors than their own aprobation. But upon the stage of life, while concience claps, let the world hiss! On the contrary if concience disapproves, the loudest applauses of the world are of little value.”

“How wonderful it is to by my age - our age - and learn you were wrong about such a fundamental thing. ”

“Old age is far more than white hair, wrinkles, the feeling that it is too late and the game is finished, that the stage belongs to the rising generations. The true evil is not the weakening of the body, but the indifference of the soul.”

“Aging is not 'lost youth' but a new stage of opportunity and strength.”