The quicker, the louder, the applause with which another tries to gain you over to his purpose - the bitterer his censure if he miss his aim.

Neatness begets order; but from order to taste there is the same difference as from taste to genius, or from love to friendship.

You may depend upon it that he is a good man whose intimate friends are all good, and whose enemies are decidedly bad.

The craftiest trickery are too short and ragged a cloak to cover a bad heart.

What knowledge is there of which man is capable that is not founded on the exterior,--the relation that exists between visible and invisible, the perceptible and the imperceptible?

You can depend on no man, on no friend, but him who can depend on himself.

Trust him not with your secrets, who, when left alone in your room, turns over your papers.

Who makes quick use of the moment is a genius of prudence.

Him, who incessantly laughs in the street, you may commonly hear grumbling in his closet.

Be certain that he who has betrayed thee once will betray thee again.

Sensibility is the power of woman.

She would always love him. But she would not cease to function because he was gone

Courage, I now see, is a journey involving self-doubt and self-examination, with the end never in sight.

One's conscience reproaches one much more stingingly for one's follies than one's crimes.

The great men of a nation reach out to all mankind. They are unifying, not divisive; internationally conciliating and still great nationally.

Never trust a man who carries a handkerchief, I always say. One of many prejudicial rules of thumb.

The Dancing Girls of Lahore was offered to dozens of British publishers and was turned down by everyone. It is still on offer in the U.K., but I'm not confident there will be any takers.

Success is all a matter of perspective. It depends on where you start from, and where you want to end up.

When I was 14 I would pick up my brother's bass guitar, and I would just pound on it, having no idea how to play it.

I would be content being a housewife if I could find the kind of man who wouldn't treat me like one.

As long as I live I shall always be My Self - and no other, Just me.