It would be thought a hard government that should tax its people one tenth part.

A Penny Saved is a Penny Earned.

Well done is better than well said.

The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance.

You can do anything you set your mind to.

Never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today.

Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.

Beware of little expenses. A small leak will sink a great ship.

By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.

If you would know the value of money, go and try to borrow some.

War is when the government tells you who the bad guy is. Revolution is when you decide that for yourself.

[Speaking about writing her first novel] You have to be passionate enough about it and I was.

I'd prefer to die in Texas when I'm old. They say most good things end the same way they started, and that's where I entered the world, so that's how I'll leave it.

Do not envy the rich

My children and grandchildren loved the secret servicemen and women that served us. I was honoured that they thought I was important enough to protect.

It's pretty hard to get mugged in Manhattan.

It may be doubted whether any character can be named which is distinctive of a race and is constant.

He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.

When producers want to know what the public wants, they graph it as curves. When they want to tell the public what to get, they say it in curves.

I want to be the best on the biggest stage possible, [but] I obviously do not get to decide where that is.

And you cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they can and should do for themselves.