We are apt to consider Shakespeare only as a poet; but he was certainly one of the greatest moral philosophers that ever lived.

Civility costs nothing, and buys everything.

There is nothing can pay one for that invaluable ignorance which is the companion of youth, those sanguine groundless hopes, and that lively vanity which makes all the happiness of life.

People wish their enemies dead - but I do not; I say give them the gout, give them the stone!

No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor any pleasure so lasting.

Nobody can deny but religion is a comfort to the distressed, a cordial to the sick, and sometimes a restraint on the wicked.

There is no remedy so easy as books, which if they do not give cheerfulness, at least restore quiet to the most troubled mind.

The ultimate end of your education was to make you a good wife.

There can be no situation in life in which the conversation of my dear sister will not administer some comfort to me.

I prefer liberty to chains of diamonds.

Solitude begets whimsies.

The measure of your character and mental toughness is the space between what you are doing and what you could be doing

Genius in truth means little more than the faculty of perceiving in an unhabitual way.

Eight hours of work, eight hours of play, eight hours of sleep - eight hours a day!

If nothing within you stays rigid, outward things will disclose themselves. Moving, be like water. Still, be like a mirror. Respond like an echo.

Because I'm very petite, I try not to wear things that have a heavy pattern because I feel like they overtake you.

If the bubbles contain a misconception, as they always do, then it can't be maintained forever.

You can't do everything. You can't do health and forestry and agriculture. You've got to focus and do one or the other.

Scientia is knowledge. It is only in the popular mind that it is equated with facts.

Of course women can have it all - if they want it all. I won't hear any defeatist talk. If you just dwell on problems, you won't get anywhere fast.

Crack mothers, crack babies and AIDS patients Youngbloods can't spell, but they could rock you in PlayStation.