The most exacting jailer is our own conscience.

True courage is like a kite; a contrary wind raises it higher.

An angry woman is vindictive beyond measure, and hesitates at nothing in her bitterness.

Every generous illusion of youth leaves a wrinkle as it departs. Experience is the successive disenchanting of the things of life; it is reason enriched with the heart's spoils.

Happiness is where we find it, but rarely where we seek it.

Envy, like flame, blackens that which is above it, and which it cannot reach.

It requires less character to discover the faults of others, than to tolerate them.

Do you know a young and beautiful woman who is not ready to flirt-just a little?

Loud indignation against vice often stands for virtue in the eyes of bigots.

Many fortunes, like rivers, have a pure source, but grow muddy as they grow large.

The happiness of the tender heart is increased by what it can take away from the wretchedness of others.

You create and plan your thought by seeing, reading and hearing the right things.

It is a sound like loneliness—enough to let you know you’re there, but not enough to fill you with life.

I stand out not because I am six feet tall, But because I feel six feet tall.

Arguing with a dead man in a lavatory is a claustrophobic experience.

President Obama wants to raise taxes on the country's richest people. And you thought Donald Trump hated him before.

When your heart is open and soft, it isn't actually vulnerable: it can withstand anything.

I think mainly it's an optics thing: to be able to visualize a woman in a position of power. It's going to be wonderful for all of us in every field.

To understand a man is really to be that man.

Salvation is a gift given, not a bargain struck.

I had a great education. From kindergarten to John Dewey High School in Coney Island, I am public-school educated.