Doubt is the origin of wisdom

It is better to be looked over than overlooked.

Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory.

Common sense is in spite of, not as the result of education.

To do great things is difficult, but to command great things is more difficult.

And no one will listen to us until we listen to ourselves.

I am a lover of truth, a worshipper of freedom, a celebrant at the altar of language and purity and tolerance.

Anger begins in folly, and ends in repentance.

Instinct is a marvellous thing. It can neither be explained nor ignored.

I have already joined myself in marriage to a husband, namely the kingdom of England.

Don't take tomorrow to bed with you.

Every act of creation is first an act of destruction.

Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better.

What's done can't be undone.

The greatest power we have is the power of choice.

All imperfection is easier to tolerate if served up in small doses.

By three methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection which is noblest; second, by imitation, which is the easiest; and third, by experience, which is the bitterest.

Thoughts without content are empty, intuitions without concepts are blind.

Whatever the mind of man creates, should be controlled by man's character

He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason.

Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence.