People who are so dreadfully "devoted" to their wives are so apt, from mere habit, to get devoted to other people's wives as well.

Never does one feel oneself so utterly helpless as in trying to speak comfort for great bereavement.

The only thing that makes one place more attractive to me than another is the quantity of heart I find in it.

In spite of the honestest efforts to annihilate my I-ity, or merge it in what the world doubtless considers my better half, I still find myself a self-subsisting and alas! self-seeking me.

Instead of boiling up individuals into the species, I would draw a chalk circle round every individuality, and preach to it to keep within that, and preserve and cultivate its identity.

When one has been threatened with a great injustice, one accepts a smaller as a favour.

the less one does, as I long ago observed, the less one can find time to do.

I am not at all the sort of person you and I took me for.

The glittering baits of titles and honours are only for children and fools.

If they had said that the sun or the moon had gone out of the heavens, it could not have struck me with the idea of a more awful and dreary blank in creation than the words: Byron is dead!

On earth the living have much to bear; the difference is chiefly in the manner of bearing, and my manner of bearing is far from being the best.

Well, I suppose you know that men will stand a good deal when they are flattered.

I'm a fan of many different styles of classical and symphonic music.

I'll just take amusement at being a paradox.

I love doubt in a woman. It's nearly as sexy as determination.

Historical explanation is not identical with moral judgment.

I really don't feel any strong allegiance to any country.

I don't go out without make up. I'm a woman, you know.

I think the women in the political positions will push very, very hard to see that there are loans and banks for women in Rwanda.

Typically you see the home office think up some great program but doesn't think through implementation at the store level.

The only real security in life comes from knowing that every single day you are improving yourself in some way.