The perfect woman is a higher type of humanity than the perfect man, and also something much rarer. The natural history of animals furnishes grounds in support of this theory.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

There is always madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness.

Sometimes people don't want to hear the truth because they don't want their illusions destroyed.

There are two different types of people in the world, those who want to know, and those who want to believe.

I was in darkness, but I took three steps and found myself in paradise. The first step was a good thought, the second, a good word; and the third, a good deed.

There will always be rocks in the road ahead of us. They will be stumbling blocks or stepping stones; it all depends on how you use them.

You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.

I'm not upset that you lied to me, I'm upset that from now on I can't believe you.

Enjoy life. This is not a dress rehearsal.

The true man wants two things: danger and play. For that reason he wants woman, as the most dangerous plaything.

Most politicians lie for the same reason a monkey swings by his tail, which is to say because he can.

In any situation, I ask “What can I do for myself”.

The last duty of a central banker is to tell the public the truth.

There are always choices in life. People are going to pull you in all directions. Where you end up is a direct result of how wise your decisions are.

Helmer: "Before all else you are a wife and a mother." Nora: "That I no longer believe. I believe that before all else I am a human being."

I'm only going to be the way I'd want someone to react to me.

I have no scene, I go everywhere, I adapt.

My worst habit used to be smoking but I quit.

The point is to make the pie grow faster and distribute the new growth more equitably.

The best thing a writer can do is walk. Walking gives you ideas.