Matrimonially speaking, a bridle for the tongue is better than a rein for the heart.

Illusion is the dust the devil throws in the eyes of the foolish.

A beautiful woman delights the eye; a wise woman, the understanding; a pure one, the soul.

Experience is a good teacher, but she sends in terrific bills.

The very women who object to the morals of a notoriously beautiful actress, grow big with pride when an admirer suggests their marked resemblance to this stage beauty in physique.

Intuition is truly a feminine quality, but women should not mistake rash conclusions for this gift.

Man proposes, woman forecloses.

Pretty women and rich men are rarely wrong.

We women take love too seriously. Men wish to be loved with laughter, not with sighing. So laugh, sweetheart, laugh, or soon you may be weeping.

Between flattery and admiration there often flows a river of contempt.

The drama of life begins with a wail and ends with a sigh.

We have been called to wrestle with sin through the cross of Jesus Christ

In the 19th century, you had bourgeois art without politics - an almost frozen idea of what beauty is.

Build into each budget the cost of hiring and don't lump yourself with capital investment.

My fascination is broadly with biology and the fact that our increased understanding of biology allows for breakthroughs in a broad set of diseases.

I grew up on a dairy and beef farm.

[Bill Clinton] has called for expanded wiretaps for the FBI.

I prayed the monsters would give up. Or that perhaps Philip of Macedonia would climb back to the terrace (do crocodiles climb?) and renew the fight.

It's scary but as an actress it is my job to be vulnerable, so I try to just embrace it and focus on the things I can control.

A certain degree of neurosis is of inestimable value as a drive, especially to a psychologist.

I grew up in a very open-minded family. My father died when I was very little, so my mother was really, really incredibly busy trying to provide for us.