The public be damned.

I've always believed that one woman's success can only help another woman's success.

If I had learned education I would not have had time to learn anything else.

Good manners have much to do with the emotions. To make them ring true, one must feel them, not merely exhibit them.

There's a saying I read recently; I painted it on the fireplace and in my studio: "Be kind to everyone you meet, for everyone is fighting a great battle." We all are. Everyone.

Never be a minion, always be an owner.

The railroads are not run for the benefit of the dear public. That cry is nonsense. They are built for men who invest their money and expect to get a fair percentage of the same.

I don't care half so much about making money as I do about making my point, and coming out ahead.

You have undertaken to cheat me. I won't sue you, for the law is too slow. I'll ruin you.

Parents must get across the idea that "I love you always, but sometimes I do not love your behavior."

Never tell anyone what you are going to do till you've done it.

When life offers you a dream so far beyond any of your expectations, it's not reasonable to grieve when it comes to an end.

Thus, what is of supreme importance in war is to attack the enemy's strategy.

The rest of the world understands little about China's changes and the possibilities and crises that come with them.

I live in a house that was built in 1480. It has a moat around it. It is like a little baby castle.

I never leave the house without putting on my lipstick.

I don't take the English press seriously at all because all they want is dirt... I hate them.

It is one of the great tragedies of the US, that most learn most of what they know about the government from the government.

The child who desires education will be bettered by it; the child who dislikes it disgraced.

Innovations are changes which cannot be decomposed into infinitessimal steps.

Cold, hungry, scared as hell inside, but too damn brave to admit it.