We have the marvelous gift of making everything insignificant.

The longer and more carefully we look at a funny story, the sadder it becomes.

Nothing could be more pleasant than to live in solitude, enjoy the spectacle of nature, and occasionally read some book.

A word aptly uttered or written cannot be cut away by an axe.

You can't imagine how stupid the whole world has grown nowadays.

However stupid a fools words may be, they are sometimes enough to confound an intelligent man.

I am who I am and that's who I am

Perfect nonsense goes on in the world. Sometimes there is no plausibility at all

Always think of what is useful and not what is beautiful. Beauty will come of its own accord.

It is no use to blame the looking glass if your face is awry.

There are people who exist in this world not like entities but like the speckles or spots on something.

The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age.

In the futile attempts we all make to tidy up our lives and our surroundings, nothing is more difficult than throwing out a book.

People reach an age... where somebody elses platform is no longer yours.

God does not delight in our sufferings. He brings only that which is necessary, but He does not shrink from that which will help us grow.

My way of communicating love and interest in people is through cooking. I grew up in an environment where food was really celebrated, and that gave me the message: food makes people happy.

If the picture speaks to me, if it tells me something about myself, then I want it. Then I have to have it.

Oh, high is the price of parenthood, and daughters may cost you double. You dare not forget, as you thought you could, that youth is a plague and a trouble.

Marriage is not about age; it's about finding the right person.

I know everyone is busy in life and for them to take out the time to still think about me and send me a card or a letter, that really meant the world to me. I'm grateful for that.

Beauty's easy. Modeling is not just about being pretty.