When I think of a merry, happy, free young girl - and look at the ailing, aching state a young wife generally is doomed to - which you can't deny is the penalty of marriage.

We will not have failure - only success and new learning.

Were women to "unsex" themselves by claiming equality with men, they would become the most hateful, heathen, and disgusting of beings and would surely perish without male protection.

The important thing is not what they think of me, but what I think of them.

Give my people plenty of beer, good beer, and cheap beer, and you will have no revolution among them.

Nothing will turn a man's home into a castle more quickly and effectively than a dachshund.

We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat. They do not exist.

Just close your eyes—and think of England.

Beware of artists, they mix with all classes of society and are therefore most dangerous.

I love peace and quiet, I hate politics and turmoil. We women are not made for governing, and if we are good women, we must dislike these masculine occupations.

Great events make me quiet and calm; it is only trifles that irritate my nerves.

See your light.

The world is big in some ways, and so small in others.

Steam seems to have killed all gratitude in the hearts of sailors.

But nowadays I feel guilty that I am granted the immunity of the artistically gifted, having never actually achieved anything to prove myself worthy.

Being a goaltender is not a job that would interest any normal, straight-thinking human.

In the end, leadership is not intellectual or cognitive. Leadership is emotional.

People don't want to be millionaires - they want to experience what they believe only millions can buy.

Do I want to be right or be happy?

If you make a habit of doing nothing, you have already earned your reward.