People don't go to the theatres to hear _you_, they go to see the people who _do_ you." "That is true," said Ward.

"And they do do you, my beloved William.

It's a wonder to me you are not dizzy turning over in your grave the way they do you." "Can it be that I can ever be out of date ?" asked Shakespeare.

"I know, of course, that I have to be adapted at times; but to be wholly out of date strikes me as a hard fate." "You're not out of date," interposed Carlyle; "the date is out of you.
There is a great demand for Shakespeare in these days, but there isn't any stuff." "Then I should succeed," said Shakespeare.
"No, I don't think so," returned Carlyle.

"You couldn't stand the pace.
The world revolves faster to-day than it did in your time--men write three or four plays at once.