It is vain to expect virtue from women till they are in some degree independent of men.

Only that education deserves emphatically to be termed cultivation of the mind which teaches young people how to begin to think.

What but a pestilential vapour can hover over society when its chief director is only instructed in the invention of crimes, or the stupid routine of childish ceremonies?

Taught from their infancy that beauty is woman's sceptre, the mind shapes itself to the body, and roaming round its gilt cage, only seeks to adorn its prison.

Few, I believe, have had much affection for mankind, who did not first love their parents, their brothers, sisters, and even the domestic brutes, whom they first played with.

Nature in everything demands respect, and those who violate her laws seldom violate them with impunity.

It is justice, not charity, that is wanting in the world!

Solitude and reflection are necessary to give to wishes the force of passions.

But once in a while . . . I don't know. I feel so close, Rose. So close to the edge. Like if I allow myself one small misstep, I'll plunge away and never come back. It's like I'll lose myself.

The true credit for our safety and security goes to our men and women who are serving in places like Iraq and Afghanistan in the global war on terrorism.

I wasn't as fit as I would of liked to have been, going to the World Cup, but I'm not sure what difference that made.

Start spreading the news, I am leaving today. I want to be a part of it, New York, New York.

I'd rather have 1% of the effort of 100 men than 100% of my own effort.

Softball isn't just a game it's away of life.

The American press is, and always has been, a booster press, its editorial pages characteristically advancing the same arguments as the paid advertising copy.

Your burden is of false self-identifications—abandon them all.

Any anti-bullying scheme, initiative or policy which fails to mention accountability for the bullies is likely to meet with little, and often no, success

Never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line.