To know ourselves, is agreed by all to be the most useful Learning; the first Lessons, therefore, given us ought to be on that Subject.

Nothing can be more true, than that the greatest Boasters have the least of what they pretend to.

Those Women who boast the Affections of their Admirers, have a greater share of Vanity than Love.

Possession naturally abates the Vigour of Desire.

The Unhappy may, possibly, by indulging Thought, hit on some lucky Stratagem for the Relief of his Misfortunes, and the Happy may be infinitely more so by contemplating on his Condition.

There is one Quality, which has somewhat so heavenly in it; that by so much the more we are possess'd of it, by so much the more we draw nearer to the Great Author of Nature.

The jealous have but moments of Delight for years of Pain.

Those who are unjust in one Thing, will be so in others.

Those possest of the greatest Virtues are always least pleas'd with the repetition of them.

In fine, that it is not enough to be good, without behaving in such a manner as shall make others acknowledge us to be so.

I am empowered and thankful for my parents’ love and support.

When I read my writing, am amazed by what I have captured in a given moments.

Pregnancy is the only time in a woman's life she can help God work a miracle.

The commercial paper market, when that dries up, you know, that's just like sucking the blood out of the economic body of the United States.

A wife's a worry, a non-wife's even worse.

The Labour Party believes in turning workers against owners; we believe in turning workers into owners.

And, hey, I'm not under the illusion that everything's just going to be hunky-dory work-wise forever. I've never been under that illusion. Things could go away tomorrow.

I enjoy just being me. I don't need to be Queen Latifah, the brand, 24 hours a day.

So here I sit in the early candle-light of old age-I and my book-casting backward glances over out travel'd road.

We must not just patch and tinker with life. We must keep renewing it. Embrace novelty and uniqueness.