There are wounds of self-love which one does not confess to one's dearest friends.

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.

New cells are born everyday and old cells die, but they have neither funerals nor birthdays.

A future as lonely as the surface of the moon and still just the sight of him feels like a homecoming, like a song I used to know but forgot.

Next to jazz music, there is nothing that lifts the spirit and strengthens the soul more than a good bowl of chili.

Blessed are the people whose leaders can look destiny in the eye without flinching but also without attempting to play God.

... causes (pains) are not logical constructions out of their effects (behaviour).

Happiness is a form of courage.

It's quite hard for me being an actress because I actually don't like attention

My greatest happiness is to be before the Blessed Sacrament, where my heart is, as it were, in Its center.

Spoon the sauce over the ice cream. It will harden. This is what you have been working for.

I'm not Metallica, you can tell that I'm really not that angry in most of my songs.