Sarah Siddons Quotes (5 Quotes)

Sorry am I to say, I have often observed that I have performed worst when I most ardently wished to do better than ever.

I pant for retirement and leisure, but am doomed to inexpressible and almost unsupportable hurry.

. . . I know, by sad experience, with what difficulty a mind, weakened by long and uninterrupted suffering, admits hope, much less assurance.

. . . I believe one half of the world is born for the convenience of the other half . . .

The awful consciousness that one is the sole object of attention to that immense space . . . and on all sides round, may perhaps be imagined but can not be described, and never never to be forgotten . . .