"The world is a stage, and I am the actor."

"I would, perhaps, rather come to you and your people, than to many rich folk who display inward poverty."

"I shall remain a bachelor all my life, as I have found no one who understands me."

"To play a wrong note is insignificant; to play without passion is inexcusable!"

"Ah how could I possibly admit such an infirmity in the one sense which should have been more perfect in me than in others[?]"