If we had no faults we should not take so much pleasure in noting those of others.

One cannot answer for his courage when he has never been in danger.

Absence diminishes small loves and increases great ones, as the wind blows out the candle and fans the bonfire.

Almost always we are bored by people to whom we ourselves are boring.

A weakling is incapable of sincerity.

The truest way to be deceived is to think oneself more knowing than others.

A forest is not a wilderness, but a community of souls who speak to one another on the wind.

We don’t see things. We see reflections of our feelings and perceptions.

A person that only looks to benefit from other people, usually ends up alone.

I will look after you and I will look after anybody you say needs to be looked after, any way you say. I am here. I brought my whole self to you. I am your mother.

The future is a messy, motley business, little girl.

As a nation, we may take pride in the fact that we are softhearted; but we cannot afford to be soft-headed.

My worst fault is my belief that if you put bills unopened behind a picture frame, there is no need to pay them.

People think that I'm very serious.

Money gives you the power to do whatever you want to do. I like the idea of being in complete control of my life.

It’s just unconscionable that America has become so stupid.