“Every production of an artist should be the expression of an adventure of his soul.”

“It's a funny thing about life if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.”

“Only a mediocre person is always at his best.”

“If you want to eat well in England, eat three breakfasts.”

“You are not angry with people when you laugh at them. Humor teaches tolerance.”

“The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous on the contrary it makes them, for the most part, humble, tolerant and kind.”

“It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one's dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank and independent.”