Never has the theatrical profession been more overcrowded than at the present moment. — Alec-Tweedie Copy Share Image
Many people with a wild desire to act prove failures on the stage, their inclinations are greater than their powers. Rarely is it the… — Alec-Tweedie Copy Share Image
Organised brigandage has ceased to exist, but murder and highway robbery are still far too common in the less frequented districts. Travellers rarely suffer… — Alec-Tweedie Copy Share Image
Sunshine is more health-giving than pills and potions: and travel in foreign lands is a mental tonic, which feeds the mind even if it… — Alec-Tweedie Copy Share Image
Civilisation makes us all as alike as peas in a pod, and it is the very uncouth - uncivilised, if you will - element… — Alec-Tweedie Copy Share Image
Few authors are so interesting as their work - they generally reserve their wit or trenchant sarcasm for their books. — Alec-Tweedie Copy Share Image
Marriage with love is entering heaven with one's eyes shut, but marriage without love is entering hell with them open. — Alec-Tweedie Copy Share Image
The most powerful book in the world at the beginning of the twentieth century is the check-book. — Alec-Tweedie Copy Share Image
Never has the theatrical profession been more overcrowded than at the present moment. — Alec-Tweedie Copy Share Image
We all try to be alike in our youth, and individual in our middle age ... although we sometimes mistake eccentricity for individuality. — Alec-Tweedie Copy Share Image
He who buys what he does not want ends in wanting what he cannot buy. — Alec-Tweedie Copy Share Image
No Southern people ever seem to possess the energy of their Northern brothers, and in Sicily a dolce far niente life is much enjoyed.… — Alec-Tweedie Copy Share Image
Adversity is the touchstone of character: it is not in success but in misfortune that hidden powers bear fruit. — Alec-Tweedie Copy Share Image
