Herbert Beerbohm Tree

“Nothing is more beautiful than the loveliness of the woods before sunrise.”

“To be famous is to be misunderstood.”

“A committee is a thing which takes a week to do what one good man can do in an hour.”

“The man who can be a hero to his valet is a hero indeed.”

“A 'critic' is a man who creates nothing and thereby feels qualified to judge the work of creative men.”

“I have just been talking about marriage. What a dreadful conversation.”

“Ah, for the good old days when the actors were bad and the plays were good.”

“But what is the good of friendship if one cannot say exactly what one means?”

“The scenery was beautiful, but the actors got in front of it.”

“When I play a villain, I try to get the audience to sympathise with him.”