I would add that I consider myself and how I do things as a kind of system which, by definition, I always follow.
Whoever fails to turn aside the ills of life by prudent forethought, must submit to fulfill the course of destiny.
Votes should be weighed not counted.
I follow my heart, for I can trust it.
No emperor has the power to dictate to the heart.
Grace is the beauty of form under the influence of freedom.
There are occasions when the general belief of the people, even though it be groundless, works its effect as sure as truth itself.
I was always doing revolutionary things, things that would alert people, so they would stop being so subservient.
I have come to believe. . . that the stage may do more than teach, that much of our current moral instruction will not endure the test of being cast into a lifelike mold, and when presented in dramatic form will reveal itself as platitudinous and effete. That which may have sounded like righteous teaching when it was remote and wordy, will be challenged afresh when it is obliged to simulate life itself.
Life's a car ride. . . Sometimes it's cruise control down smooth highways. Other times it's potholes on rural roads.
I just love getting dirty.