I don’t mind getting smacked on the chin. I just don’t want to get nibbled to death. There’s a difference.

Don't worry about losing. If it is right, it happens - The main thing is not to hurry. Nothing good gets away.

Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires.

The free exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world.

And now that you don't have to be perfect, you can be good.

What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.

I believe a strong woman may be stronger than a man, particularly if she happens to have love in her heart. I guess a loving woman is indestructible.

When two people meet, each one is changed by the other so you've got two new people.

Writers are a little below clowns and a little above trained seals.

This I must fight against: any idea, religion, or government which limits or destroys the individual.

If you understand each other you will be kind to each other.

Few things in the world are more powerful than a positive push - a smile. A word of optimism and hope, a 'you can do it!' when things are tough

Into each dance must be packed the panic and ecstasy of her last moment of life, for underneath was death.

It is a positive change that our country and other countries in the region are making by giving a chance to women.

I thought I would lose, so I didn't prepare a speech.

It is grievous to be caught.

For without belittling the courage with which men have died, we should not forget those acts of courage with which men have lived.

As bees extract honey from thyme, the strongest and driest of herbs, so sensible men often get advantage and profit from the most awkward circumstances.

There are a thousand forms of evil; there will be a thousand remedies.

When intention is supported by effort, success follows.

Boswell is the first of biographers.