Laughing is not the first expression of joy. ... A person laughs in idleness, for fun, not for joy. Joy has nothing, nothing but the old way of tears.

Temptations come, as a general rule, when they are sought.

To have a man who can flirt is next thing to indispensable to a leader of society.

One only says it is one's duty when one has something disagreeable to do.

The ideal is the flower-garden of the mind, and very apt to run to weeds unless carefully tended.

As for pictures and museums, that don't trouble me. The worst of going abroad is that you've always got to look at things of that sort. To have to do it at home would be beyond a joke.

It is so seldom in this world that things come just when they are wanted.

Even in misery we love to be foremost, to have the bitter in our cup acknowledged as more bitter than that of others.

Good works may only be beautiful sins, if they are not done in a true spirit.

All perfection is melancholy.

there are some people who never learn; indeed, few people learn by experience, so far as I have ever seen.

Most of us lead far more meaningful lives than we know. Often finding meaning is not about doing things differently

My mother accidentally gave me food poisoning. She fed me baby carrots for a snack before Christmas dinner - but they had expired in June! I threw up for the next 24 hours.

The so-called conscientiousness of the majority of painters is only perfection applied to the art of boring.

No nation ought to keep a navy larger than is necessary to do police duty.

The Lord makes his servants bold.

For bells are the voice of the church; They have tones that touch and search The hearts of young and old.

There is tremendous inequity in Hollywood and politics, and I would say globally it's challenging to be a woman and succeed.

One must understand the importance of an endless drive to get information and seek value.

Skepticism relieved two terrible diseases that afflicted mankind: anxiety and dogmatism.

Forgive others so that you may be forgiven.