In France a woman will not go to sleep until she has talked over affairs of state with her lover or her husband.

The French are nice people. I allow them to sing and to write, and they allow me to do whatever I like.

Great rogues hang the little ones.

Oh my poor soul, what is to become of you? - Where do you go?

Two young adventurers for hire. Willing to do anything, go anywhere. Pay must be good. No reasonable offer refused.

Nothing was a more powerful compass of my mood or a better indication of my self-worth than the number on the scale.

This is Wall Street, and today is important. Because tomorrow, July 4th, I intended to make my first million dollars--an excitingday in a man's life. The enterprise was slightly illegal.

Starting out, I remember being on the same bill with other bands, and I always thought they were so much better because they were rehearsed and had all their moves down and they sounded really tight.

On October 28th, 1887, I became the mother of a girl baby, the very image of its father, at least that is what he said, but who has the temper of its mother.

There are strings in the human heart that had better not be vibrated.

People do not see that the main question is not : "Am I loved?" which is to a large extent the question : "Am I approved of? Am I protected? Am I admired?" The main question is: "Can I love?

If we are to be happy, decent and secure of our souls: drink some kind of fermented liquor with one's food; go on the water from time to time; dance on occasions, and sing in a chorus.

There can be no permanent disfranchised peasantry in the United States.

The hardest part of living is making peace with your past. Most of all, it’s making peace with yourself.