It is only hope which is real, and reality is a bitterness and a deceit.

To love and win is the best thing.To love and lose, the next best.

A good laugh is sunshine in the house.

The world is a looking glass and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face.

What woman, however old, has not the bridal-favours and raiment stowed away, and packed in lavender, in the inmost cupboards of her heart?

When you look at me, when you think of me, I am in paradise.

Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children.

To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose, the next best.

Remember, it's as easy to marry a rich woman as a poor woman.

Never lose a chance of saying a kind word.

Next to excellence is the appreciation of it.

I'm not stupid... I'm just too lazy to show you the extend of my knowledge!

Reality is crushing. The world is a wrong-sized shoe. How can anyone stand it?

I’m pretty much the definition of an American Hero.

I can't cook, but I have a nice book of menus... and I can plate and set the table.

Repetition makes reputation.

Only when women rebel against patriarchal standards does female muscle become more accepted.

When you live in a watershed area, in a pristine area, and you could watch this whole place fall apart in front of your eyes, you don't sell your soul for a buck.

No one should expect building a new high-growth, software-powered company in an established industry to be easy. It's brutally difficult.

Meditation is very important to me. I feel off-balance when I skip a day.

I came to New York to study ballet and English.