“The art of growing old is the art of being regarded by the oncoming generations as a support and not as a stumbling-block, as a confidant and not as a rival.”

“When nations grow old,
the Arts grow cold,
And Commerce settles on every tree:
And the poor and the old
Can live upon gold,
For all are born poor.
              Aged sixty-three.”

“A stumbling block to the pessimist is a stepping-stone to the optimist.”

“Women have ever been the stumbling block and betrayers of ambition.”

“Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition.”

“Real sexiness is about confidence, intelligence, mystery, art and passion.”

“Iron and heat are… the supporters, the bases, of the mechanic arts.”

“I regard the theatre as the greatest of all art forms, the most immediate way in which a human being can share with another the sense of what it is to be a human being.”

“Old friends, like old shoes, are comfortable. But old shoes, unlike old friends, tend not to be supportive: it is easier to stumble and sprain an ankle while wearing a pair of old shoes than it is in new shoes, with their less yielding leather.”

“The bible and the church have been the greatest stumbling block in the way of women's emancipation.”