Generosity, when once set going, knows not how to stop; as the more familiar we are with the lovely form, the more enamored we become of her charms.

However often you may have done them a favour, if you once refuse they forget everything except your refusal.

The happier time, the quicker it passes

And as in men's bodies, so in government, that disease is most serious which proceeds from the head.

It is difficult to retain what you may have learned unless you should practice it. -Difficile est tenere quae acceperis nisi exerceas

Too much polishing weakens rather than improves a work.

There is no book so bad that it is not profitable in some part. -Nullus est liber tam malus ut non aliqua parte prosit

Glory ought to be the consequence, not the motive of our actions.

It is wonderful how the mind is stirred and quickened into activity by brisk bodily exercise.

Everyone is prejudiced in favor of his own powers of discernment.

The erection of a monument is superfluous, our memory will endure if our lives have deserved it.

Often our thoughts, choices and actions are not aligned to reach our desired goals and we prefer to call it destiny.

In fact, not forgiving is like drinking rat poison and then waiting for the rat to die.

There will be a change in worldview from materialism and failure to conscious evolution. And everyone's potential to participate!

I've always been able to recount things and I have a really good memory about dialog and what people have said before and this and that.

It's hard to write a good play because it's hard to structure a plot. If you can think of it off the top of your head, so can the audience.

The only new thing is history we don't know.

If you say, 'You've made it,' then you kind of come to a standstill, and I don't think any actor wants to do that.

I am not looking for perfection. I look for the best in me.

I know what you need as a female to feel not just comfortable but powerful.