If you wish to appear agreeable in society, you must consent to be taught many things which you already know.

Neatness begets order; but from order to taste there is the same difference as from taste to genius, or from love to friendship.

You may depend upon it that he is a good man whose intimate friends are all good, and whose enemies are decidedly bad.

The craftiest trickery are too short and ragged a cloak to cover a bad heart.

What knowledge is there of which man is capable that is not founded on the exterior,--the relation that exists between visible and invisible, the perceptible and the imperceptible?

You can depend on no man, on no friend, but him who can depend on himself.

Trust him not with your secrets, who, when left alone in your room, turns over your papers.

Who makes quick use of the moment is a genius of prudence.

Him, who incessantly laughs in the street, you may commonly hear grumbling in his closet.

Be certain that he who has betrayed thee once will betray thee again.

Sensibility is the power of woman.

All men who have achieved great things have been great dreamers.

I refuse to suffer the torment of regret that comes with living a “what if” life.

Imitation is the highest form of flattery. Try not to see it as an invitation to compete.

There's a counter for every hold and a hold for every counter, and a lunch counter for every person that you know Schivone.

You have to have a temperament to grab ideas and do sensible things. Most people don’t grab the right ideas or don’t know what to do with them.

Every deal is a regulated deal. Regulators will tell you how to take your money home.

I don't think I could ever love someone with whom I fundamentally disagreed, politically.

Feminism isn't whatever you want it to be.

Consider before acting, to avoid foolishness: It is the worthless man who speaks and acts thoughtlessly.

I was the highest-paid street performer, probably, in the history of Chicago. I was making like $800 a day.