The amount of women in London who flirt with their own husbands is perfectly scandalous. It looks so bad. It is simply washing one's clean linen in public.

The best way to appreciate your job is to imagine yourself without one.

Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.

Always forgive your enemies nothing annoys them so much.

It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating.

Everyone may not be good, but there's always something good in everyone. Never judge anyone shortly because every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.

To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.

Be yourself; everyone else is taken.

Women are made to be loved, not understood.

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go.

I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.

They can do without architecture who have no olives nor wines in the cellar

Jealousy is only hurt ego. Revenge is meaningless. Life is abstract. There is no point other than pleasure.

The next thing most like living one's life over again seems to be a recollection of that life, and to make that recollection as durable as possible by putting it down in writing.

If you are saved, the work is only half done until you are employed to bring others to Christ.

Light, air and comfort - these three things I must always have in a room.

It is also said of me that I now and then contradict myself. Yes, I improve wonderfully as time goes on.

I don't really prepare for roles. I just kind of do them!

The strongest and most dangerous enemy you will ever face is a negative attitude. Learn to recognize when it is trying to invade your body and mind, then simply refuse it entry.

The paradox of acceptance: When our mind becomes less attached and dependent on things being a certain way our happiness in life dramatically improves.

If George Washington crossing the Delaware matters, so must his ruthless pursuit of the runagate Oney Judge.