Tis the greatest misfortune in nature for a woman to want a confidant.

There is no scandal like rags, nor any crime so shameful as poverty.

A good husband makes a good wife at any time.

Women never really command until they have given their promise to obey; and they are never in more danger of being made slaves than when the men are at their feet.

Those who know the least obey the best.

Observe this, that tho a woman swear, forswear, lie, dissemble, back-bite, be proud, vain, malicious, anything, if she secures the main chance, she's still virtuous; that's a maxim.

Charming women can true converts make, We love the precepts for the teacher's sake.

Grant me some wild expressions, Heavens, or I shall burst.

Captain is a good travelling name and so I take it.

'Twas for the good of my country that I should be abroad. Anything for the good of one's country-I'm a Roman for that.

Necessity, the mother of invention.

A need for revenge can burn long and hot. Especially if every glance in a mirror reinforces it.

Sooner or later everything will turn to dust - except love

Show your work, and when the right people show up, pay close attention to them, because they'll have a lot to show you.

So powerful is the light of unity that it can illuminate the whole earth.

As a mama and a grandma, I appreciate, understand and absolutely believe in the sanctity of life. But I recognize that there are those tough situations where heartbreaking decisions have to be made.

Love is everything it's cracked up to be

Sixteen hours ago an American airplane dropped one bomb on Hiroshima. . . . The force from which the sun draws its power has been loosed against those who brought war to the Far East.

If you believe what you say, words will become reality.

Many of the things that seem impossible now will become realities tomorrow.

I love music more than language: it's the best, it's universal.