Heroism is the divine relation which, in all times, unites a great man to other men.

Teach a parrot the terms 'supply and demand' and you've got an economist.

He who has health, has hope; and he who has hope, has everything.

Long stormy spring-time, wet contentious April, winter chilling the lap of very May; but at length the season of summer does come.

No man lives without jostling and being jostled; in all ways he has to elbow himself through the world, giving and receiving offence.

Endurance is patience concentrated.

I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom.

Nature alone is antique, and the oldest art a mushroom.

A strong mind always hopes, and has always cause to hope.

A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge.

Of all acts of man repentance is the most divine. The greatest of all faults is to be conscious of none.

Expect everything, I always say, and the unexpected never happens.

Villains and plots and enemies are simple things to me. But friendships are complicated, and love is harder still. It has wounded me deeper than a sword ever could.

It's better to recall something you wish you'd said than something you wish you hadn't.

Seeing everything just the way it is gives you the power and capability to walk through life effortlessly.

We need to strengthen our analytic capacity in Washington, we need to centralize the anti-terrorism effort

[When criticized for appearing bare-shouldered Madonna-like at a banquet:] A comparison between Madonna and me is a comparison between a strapless evening gown and a gownless evening strap.

I am no fan of books.

Sleep is cousin-german unto death: Sleep and death differ, no more, than a carcass And a skeleton.

I can be a subversive element.

I love and adore being a mother. It's the greatest gift I've ever been given.