Sorry am I to say, I have often observed that I have performed worst when I most ardently wished to do better than ever.

- Sarah Siddons

customary interruptions are not only gratifying and cheering, but they are also really necessary in order to gain breath and voice to carry one on th…

- Sarah Siddons

Alas, how wretched is the being who depends on the stability of public favour!

- Sarah Siddons

. . . I believe one half of the world is born for the convenience of the other half . . .

- Sarah Siddons

The awful consciousness that one is the sole object of attention to that immense space, lined as it were with human intellect from top to bottom, and…

- Sarah Siddons

I pant for retirement and leisure, but am doomed to inexpressible and almost unsupportable hurry.

- Sarah Siddons

. . . I know, by sad experience, with what difficulty a mind, weakened by long and uninterrupted suffering, admits hope, much less assurance.

- Sarah Siddons