A wise neuter joins with neither, but uses both as his honest interest leads him.

Humility and knowledge in poor clothes excel pride and ignorance in costly attire.

Right is right, even if everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it.

The secret of happiness is to count your blessings while others are adding up their troubles.

Time is what we want most, but what we use worst.

Men must be governed by God or they will be ruled by tyrants.

Knowledge is the treasure, but judgment the treasurer, of a wise man.

True silence is the rest of the mind, and is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment.

No pain, no palm; no thorns, no throne; no gall, no glory; no cross, no crown.

They that love beyond the world cannot be separated by it. Death cannot kill what never dies.

Death is only a horizon, and a horizon is only the limit of your sight. Open your eyes to see more clearly.

Courage. Kindness. Friendship. Character. These are the qualities that define us as human beings, and propel us, on occasion, to greatness.

It's funny. All you have to do is say something nobody understands and they'll do practically anything you want them to.

I love being an advocate for women as we get older so that we can feel comfortable with ourselves. It's all about being healthy for me now.

That's all I did - that's all I ever did - try to do what Billy Strayhorn did.

Isn't it true that every aristocrat wants to die?

Never trust a sentimentalist. They are all alike, pretenders to virtue, at heart selfish frauds and sensualists.

When my husband of almost 20 years can't take his eyes off me? That's amazing.

If you don't abdicate or misuse your power, pressure takes you into realization.

The choice in politics isn't usually between black and white. It's between two horrible shades of gray.