My mind withdrew its thoughts from experience, extracting itself from the contradictory throng of sensuous images, that it might find read more

My mind withdrew its thoughts from experience, extracting itself from the contradictory throng of sensuous images, that it might find out what that light was wherein it was bathed.... And thus, with the flash of one hurried glance, it attained to the vision of That Which Is.

Even in the bleakest times, there are gifts to be discovered.

Even in the bleakest times, there are gifts to be discovered.

Character contributes to beauty. It fortifies a woman as her youth fades.

Character contributes to beauty. It fortifies a woman as her youth fades.

Smile when it hurts most.

Smile when it hurts most.

We give advice by the bucket, but take it by the grain.

We give advice by the bucket, but take it by the grain.

Respect is love in plain clothes.

Respect is love in plain clothes.

Interest makes some people blind, and others quick-sighted.

Interest makes some people blind, and others quick-sighted.

For an actress to be a success, she must have the face of Venus, the brains of a Minerva, the read more

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.

Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.

Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.