Many beautiful women have been made happy by their own beauty, but no intelligent woman has ever been made happy by her own intelligence.

A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.

It's the most unhappy people who most fear change.

A hypochondriac is one who has a pill for everything except what ails him.

It's innocence when it charms us, ignorance when it doesn't.

The head never rules the heart, but just becomes its partner in crime.

We lavish on animals the love we are afraid to show to people. They might not return it; or worse, they might.

In the arithmetic of love, one plus one equals everything, and two minus one equals nothing.

We choose those we like; with those we love, we have no say in the matter.

They threaten me with lung cancer, and still I smoke and smoke. If they'd only threaten me with hard work, I might stop.

Pity all newlyweds. She cooks something nice for him, and he brings her flowers, and they kiss and think: How easy marriage is.

Do I dare Disturb the universe?

Character consists of what you do on the third and fourth tries.

By empowering women, we empower the nation.

My purpose... to go on with my heart and soul, devoting all my energies to Girl Scouts, and heart and hand with them, we will make our lives and the lives of the future girls happy, healthy and holy.

Cynicism cripples our imagination and limits our ability to see faint possibilities amidst glaring problems.

One of the big take-aways from a lot of economic theory is that people should engage in consumption smoothing.

The desired effect is what you get when you improve your interplanetary funksmanship.

A child, like all other human beings, has inalienable rights.

A man taking basil from a woman will love her always.

Remember this: Anticipation is the ultimate power. Losers react; leaders anticipate.