The constant desire of pleasing which is the peculiar quality of some, may be called the happiest of all desires in this that it rarely fails of attaining its end when not disgraced by affectation.

Wine is a turncoat; first a friend and then an enemy.

Handsome is that handsome does.

Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.

Make money your god, and it will plague you like the devil.

There is not in the universe a more ridiculous, nor a more contemptible animal, than a proud clergyman.

The hounds all join in glorious cry, / The huntsman winds his horn: / And a-hunting we will go.

Most men like in women what is most opposite their own characters.

When children are doing nothing, they are doing mischief.

A good countenance is a letter of recommendation.

Neither great poverty nor great riches will hear reason

It is better to experience than to be told. But it is wiser to learn from the great sacred-souls.

Revenge is never pretty and often leaves you empty.--Alexandria "Dria" McAndrews

The dedicated life is the life worth living.

I like workplace shows and White House was a very glamorous workplace to set a show in; it appealed to a sense of romanticism and idealism that I have.

Sometimes it's more difficult to do very simple, low-key films.

A cardinal rule of bureaucracy is that it is better to extend an error than to admit a mistake.

The observer listens to nature: the experimenter questions and forces her to reveal herself.

I can't think of an election that is more important, certainly in my lifetime.

When we have for so long been judged by everyone we meet, just to look into the eyes of another who does not judge us can be extraordinarily healing.

Of all the rights of women, the greatest is to be a mother