I have never worn dresses by grands couturiers.

Being First Lady is playing supporting act. I am not seeking notoriety and I am not seeking to grab the limelight.

My feeling is that maintaining financial independence is also a healthy way to keep my feet on the ground.

In France, a first lady has no status, and therefore she isn't supposed to do anything else.

I built my entire life on the idea of independence.

My perception of life is not to ask Francois Hollande, who isn't the father of my children, to support me financially.

I've shared the fate of many working mothers; I felt guilty like them.

I will count to 10 before tweeting.

I know politics; I know the media.

I am, and remain, passionate about news.

I am a committed observer. I like staying in the background and seeing what's going on.

Leadership is a longterm game.

Art, and sadness, which last forever.

A key to life is knowing what to ignore and when to shut up. :)

Hear more than people say.Give more than people ask.Do more than people expect.Achieve more than people imagine.

My favorite books have a personality and complexion as distinctly drawn as if the author's portrait were framed into the paragraphs and smiled upon me as I read his illustrated pages.

Leaders of men are later remembered less for the usefulness of what they have achieved than for the sweep of their endeavors.

What a singular fact for an angel visitant to this earth to carry back in his note-book, that men were forbidden to expose their bodies under the severest penalties!

Marriage is rather a silly habit.

I hate to write, but I love to have written.

I operate according to a definite, unerring law...I know the outcome before I start.