I envy that man who passes through life safely, to the world and fame unknown.

One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives.

Friends show their love in times of trouble, not in happiness.

Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.

Do not plan for ventures before finishing what's at hand.

Better a serpent than a stepmother!

Love is all we have, the only way that each can help the other.

Short is the joy that guilty pleasure brings.

Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday. Tragedy isn't getting something or failure to get it; it's losing something you already have. Waste not fresh tears over old griefs.

Real friendship is shown in times of trouble; prosperity is full of friends.

Silence and chaste reserve is woman's genuine praise, and to remain quiet within the house.

In acting class, I used to hide in the corner and pray the teacher wouldn't call on me.

I'm usually all about the tight jeans and little T-shirt, but sometimes I want to put on a black, sequined dress and be a freaking girl

She had known for a long time that you had to pay for everything in life, and usually more than it was worth.

evil labours with vast power and perpetual success - in vain: preparing always only the soil for unexpected good to sprout in.

How comes it to pass, if they be only moved by chance and accident, that such regular mutations and generations should be begotten by a fortuitous concourse of atoms.

Winning in women's singles felt surreal. I felt that everything I had done - the hard work, the tough times - was all worth it.

Old carts can be repainted but they still keep moving in the same old ruts

This country was founded by religious nuts with guns.

The other day I went to a tourist information booth and asked, 'Tell me about some of the people who were here last year.

As you set off into the world, don't be afraid to question your leaders. But don't ask too many questions at one time or that are too hard because your leaders get tired and/or cranky.