It is a high distinction for a homely woman to be loved for her character rather than for beauty.

I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better.

The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.

An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.

When Demosthenes was asked what was the first part of Oratory, he answered, "Action," and which was the second, he replied, "action," and which was the third, he still answered "Action.

Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.

The real destroyer of the liberties of the people is he who spreads among them bounties, donations and benefits.

Barba non facit philosophum

To make no mistakes is not in the power of man; but from their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future.

Time is the wisest of all counselors.

No beast is more savage than man when possessed with power answerable to his rage.

Once you break someone’s heart, you are forever its master.

We are the result of our mere actions. What we do, we become.

There is nothing good or evil save in the will.

The more one pleases everybody, the less one pleases profoundly.

I really love my stylists, they really get what I like.

Old age is a powerful disguise.

December is the toughest month of the year. Others are July, January, September, April, November, May, March, June, October, August, and February.

Beauty is not a concept. It is the animal joy of the mind.

Life tests the big dreamers the Passionate revolutionaries.

I still believe nonfiction is the most important literature to come out of the second half of the 20th century.