Your enemy is never a villain in his own eyes.

If a grasshopper tries to fight a lawnmower, one may admire his courage but not his judgement.

Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.

You can sway a thousand men by appealing to their prejudices quicker than you can convince one man by logic.

Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.

Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.

I never learned from a man who agreed with me.

A generation which ignores history has no past — and no future.

Don't ever become a pessimist... a pessimist is correct oftener than an optimist, but an optimist has more fun, and neither can stop the march of events.

May you live as long as you wish and love as long as you live.

It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so.

You can be young without money, but you can't be old without it.

Self-knowledge is the great power by which we comprehend and control our lives

A courageous warrior knows that she is powerfully sourced by something much greater than herself and that she can release the judgments of others.

While women certainly have made great strides toward pay parity in the past 30 years, there is still a gap in earnings between men and women in equivalent professions.

I went from zero to my own hero

Among Negroes we have Negroes who are as white as some white people. Still there's a difference.

What separates great jazz musicians from average ones is Taste. Those who have taste consistently choose notes, tempos, timbres and voicings that seduce and satisfy attentive listeners.

My perfect guy right now would be a mannequin - one that comes alive only when I need him to!

The number of those who undergo the fatigue of judging for themselves is very small indeed.

Much of our trading comes down to a battle between our patience and our impulses.