Our aspirations are our possibilities.

Cucumber should be well sliced, dressed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out.

The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.

Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.

Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.

When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.

Classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world.

A man who uses a great many words to express his meaning is like a bad marksman who, instead of aiming a single stone at an object, takes up a handful and throws at it in hopes he may hit.

There are minds so impatient of inferiority that their gratitude is a species of revenge, and they return benefits, not because recompense is a pleasure, but because obligation is a pain.

When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.

He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts.

As I close my eyes in prayer, let me see the faces of those who need to know You, beloved Savior.

Because I remember, I despair. Because I remember, I have the duty to reject despair.

I don't have many regrets. I regret mistakes, particularly those that damage other people, and we've all made some of those. But I'm not sad about change.

We produce destructive people by the way we are treating them in childhood.

I don't know any songs. People have asked me to play a song, and I say, "I don't know anything."

The Supreme Court kept me from my freedom.

I wish that every player could feel what I've felt in visiting ballparks. The receptions I've received, it's blown me away. It's absolutely remarkable.

Every woman has to have something which singles her out, which catches the eyes, which makes her the center of attention. I am going to be french.

Childhood was a fantastic country to live in.

You're always compared to someone, especially when you're a French actress.