A great goal in life is the only fortune worth finding.

We should all do something to right the wrongs that we see and not just complain about them.

The first time you marry for love, the second for money, and the third for companionship.

Once you can express yourself, you can tell the world what you want from it. All the changes in the world, for good or evil, were first brought about by words.

If you bungle raising your children, I don't think whatever else you do matters very much.

There are many little ways to enlarge your child's world. Love of books is the best of all.

I think my biggest achievement is that, after going through a rather difficult time, I consider myself comparatively sane.

Pearls are always appropriate.

I think the major role of the First Lady is to take care of the President so that he can best serve the people. And not to fail her family, her husband, and children.

Americans care about their past, but for short term gain they ignore it and tear down everything that matters.

I am happiest when I am alone.

On marriage: You sort of stumble along and reconnect and lose each other and reconnect again.

If I had to embrace a definition of success, it would be that success is making the best choices we can . . . and accepting them.

We create eternity out of crumbs of time.

I'm so popular it's scary sometimes. I suppose I'm just everybody's type.

I became a Republican when a very wise young lady asked me how I could remain a Democrat when I didn't agree with what they stood for and did agree with what the Republicans supported.

Were the eye not of the sun, How could we behold the light? If God's might and ours were not as one, How could His work enchant our sight?

We want consumers to say, 'That's a hell of a product' instead of, 'That's a hell of an ad.'

Two farewell gifts," Sadie muttered, "from two gorgeous guys. I hate my life.

For a man who no longer has a homeland, writing becomes a place to live.

Hoc solum deliqui, quod uiuo. My only fault is that I am alive.