Occupation: Actor Birth: December 17, 1852 Death: July 2, 1917
Sirs, I have tested your machine. It adds a new terror to life and makes death a long-felt want..
People are too apt to treat God as if he were a minor royalty..
A charming fellow, and so clever: he models himself on me..
He is an old bore. Even the grave yawns for him..
A man never knows what a fool he is until he hears himself imitated by one..
The national sport of England is obstacle-racing. People fill their rooms with useless and cumbersome furniture, and spend the rest of their lives in….
My poor fellow, why not carry a watch?.
As far as I could discover, the notion that a play could succeed without any further help from the actor than a simple impersonation of his part neve….
A committee should consist of three men, two of whom are absent..
I'll have that one, please..
Cynicism is the humour of hatred.
I was born old and get younger every day. At present I am sixty years young..
It depends on each and every one of me..
She kissed her way into society. I don't like her. But don't misunderstand me: my dislike is purely platonic..
Every man is a potential genius until he does something..
The only man who wasn't spoilt by being lionized was Daniel..
Cynicism is the humor of hatred..
Ladies, just a little more virginity, if you don't mind..
A whipper-snapper of criticism who quoted dead languages to hide his ignorance of life..
Never say a humorous thing to a man who does not possess humour: he will always use it in evidence against you..
God is a sort of burglar. As a young man you knock him down; as an old man you try to conciliate him, because he may knock you down..