The virtuous woman flees from danger; she trusts more to her prudence in shunning it than in her strength to overcome it.

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.

To come across as younger than they are: Women buy creams that promise to slow aging

All these books are published in Heaven.

As you grow older you realize that art has an enormous effect. It's frightening sometimes to think of the effect that we can have.

It is better to be a has-been than a never-was.

I suppose it's like the ticking crocodile, isn't it? Time is chasing after all of us.

Life is about work. Work is about life. And both are about people.

Learning is more effective when it is an active rather than a passive process.

I've learned you can make a mistake and the whole world doesn't end. I had to learn to allow myself to make a mistake without becoming defensive and unforgiving.

We judge ourselves by our good intentions, but we're judged by our last word.

I couldn't care less about what anybody else has to say.