We ought as much as we can to endeavour the Perfecting of our Beings, and that we be as happy as possibly we may.

Women are from their very infancy debarred those Advantages with the want of which they are afterwards reproached.

Truth is strong, and sometime or other will prevail.

Marry for Love, an Heroick Action, which makes a mighty noise in the World, partly because of its rarity, and partly in regard of its extravagancy.

Your glass will not do you half so much service as a serious reflection on your own minds.

To plead for the Oppress'd and to defend the Weak seem'd to me a generous undertaking; for tho' it may be secure, 'tis not always Honourable to run over to the strongest party.

The scum of the People are most Tyrannical when they get the Power, and treat their Betters with the greatest Insolence.

Fetters of gold are still fetters, and the softest lining can never make them so easy as liberty.

If all men are born free, why is it that all women are born slaves?

If God had not intended that Women shou'd use their Reason, He wou'd not have given them any, 'for He does nothing in vain.

The Span of Life is too short to be trifled away in unconcerning and unprofitable Matters.

If there are not mothers, where will men come from and who will feed them?

Save the contrition for the confessional. Regret isn't worth a damn to anyone.

Among your farewells, see you soon, now I have no time and stormy silences, I met someone....that someone, is me.

A general rule for the good use of time is to accustom oneself to live in a continual dependence on the Spirit of God.

I think a lot of studios today are run by women, and we are entering a time when a lot of women have evolved in Second City and Upright Citizens Brigade and wanted to become writers and comedians.

I am not an American; I am one of twenty-two million black people who are victims of Americanism.

I want to go and have a real experience and it's just lovely to sit and watch a movie and just be really transported by a story and care about the characters. That's always what I'm looking for.

Treasures are not won by care and forethought but by swift slaying and reckless attack.

When did I realize I was God? Well, I was praying and I suddenly realized I was talking to myself.

I was living a life of a lie. I really was.