Also, if you want to reach people, theatre is not always the best way to do it.

Let me recommend the best medicine in the world: a long journey, at a mild season, through a pleasant country, in easy stages.

He who knows no hardships will know no hardihood. He who faces no calamity will need no courage. Mysterious though it is, the characteristics in human nature which we love best grow in a soil with a strong mixture of troubles.

In writing and politicking, it's best not to think about it, just do it.

The best luck of all is the luck you make for yourself.