Herbert Beerbohm Tree quotes:

Ladies, just a little more virginity, if you don't mind.

A committee should consist of three men, two of whom are absent.

Cynicism is the humor of hatred.

Cynicism is the humour of hatred

I'll have that one, please.

She kissed her way into society. I don't like her. But don't misunderstand me: my dislike is purely platonic.

The only man who wasn't spoilt by being lionized was Daniel.

Every man is a potential genius until he does something.

People are too apt to treat God as if he were a minor royalty.

Never say a humorous thing to a man who does not possess humor. He will always use it in evidence against you."

I was born old and get younger every day. At present I am sixty years young.

A charming fellow, and so clever: he models himself on me.

A man never knows what a fool he is until he hears himself imitated by one.

A whipper-snapper of criticism who quoted dead languages to hide his ignorance of life.

As far as I could discover, the notion that a play could succeed without any further help from the actor than a simple impersonation of his part never occurred to Tree.

God is a sort of burglar. As a young man you knock him down; as an old man you try to conciliate him, because he may knock you down.

He is an old bore. Even the grave yawns for him.

It depends on each and every one of me.

My poor fellow, why not carry a watch?

Never say a humorous thing to a man who does not possess humor. He will always use it in evidence against you.

Sirs, I have tested your machine. It adds a new terror to life and makes death a long-felt want.

The national sport of England is obstacle-racing. People fill their rooms with useless and cumbersome furniture, and spend the rest of their lives in trying to dodge it.

When I pass my name in such large letters I blush, but at the same time instinctively raise my hat.