Men and not measures are, no doubt, the very life of politics. But then it is not the fashion to say so in public places.

An author must be nothing if he do not love truth; a barrister must be nothing if he do.

When the ivy has found its tower, when the delicate creeper has found its strong wall, we know how the parasite plants grow and prosper.

Never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. People will take you very much at your own reckoning.

Fame is a skittish jade, more fickle even than Fortune, and apt to shy, and bolt, and plunge away on very trifling causes.

What on earth could be more luxurious than a sofa, a book, and a cup of coffee?...Was ever anything so civil?

The habit of reading is the only one I know in which there is no alloy. It lasts when all other pleasures fade.

There is no way of writing well and also of writing easily.

It has now become the doctrine of a large clan of politicians that political honesty is unnecessary, slow, subversive of a man's interests, and incompatible with quick onward movement.

There is no royal road to learning; no short cut to the acquirement of any art.

Love is like any other luxury. You have no right to it unless you can afford it.

...guilt leads to righteous action, but rarely is it the right action.

The labor of self-love is a heavy one indeed.

The best #‎ gift we can give in any interaction is to leave people feeling lighter, #‎ happier , and more at #‎ peace .

You can't tell the story of the women's movement through the story of one woman.

My career at Warner Brothers consisted of one musical short subject. I was running around in a bear skin. Very chic.

Every American should have absolute control over his or her personal information

Discover your strengths and then hone them and be who you are meant to be.

There are times when one would like to hang the whole human race, and finish the farce.

In 1970, you went to school to find your husband.

We don't deserve anything; we must work for everything.