Woman's rights should come by evolution, and not by revolution. I want a little woman's right tried first, and then, if the experience is bad, we can go back on our track; if good, forward.

There is a certain physiognomy in manners.

Conscience is our magnetic compass; reason our chart.

It is not always the highest talent that thrives best. Mediocrity, with tact, will outweigh talent oftentimes.

Our secret thoughts are rarely heard except in secret. No man knows what conscience is until he understands what solitude can teach him concerning it.

The Unknown is an ocean. What is conscience? The compass of the Unknown.

We must judge religious movements, not by the men who make them, but by the men they make.

Only the home can found a state.

We shall never be at peace with ourselves until we yield with glad supremacy to our higher faculties.

It is the will to be grateful which constitutes gratitude.

The sense of duty pursues us ever.

Never judge someone's character based on the words of another. Instead, study the motives behind the words of the person casting the bad judgment.

To use violence against a peaceful man is the greatest immorality and the biggest rot ever!

Pleasure represents a great good but also a grave danger.

Not just as a black woman, but as a woman, since the beginning of time, beauty has been our responsibility.

Everybody's going through changes. No one knows what's going on. Everybody changes places, but the world still carries on.

The new 'Mad Max' movie takes place in a post-apocalyptic world. I have a small part in 'Mad Max.' I play the old geezer who remembers what steak tasted like.

For most people, lack of consistent, persistent effort is the biggest obstacle.

There were the days of so-called free love ... but it didn't take long to discover that love is not free. Sooner or later it exacts its price.

He had a habit of remarking to bartenders that he didn't see any sense in mixing whiskey with water since the whiskey was already wet.

Great eloquence we cannot get, except from human genius.