To a wise and good man the whole earth is his fatherland.

Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.

Never ruin an apology with an excuse.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

To be one, to be united is a great thing. But to respect the right to be different is maybe even greater.

The greatest pride, or the greatest despondency, is the greatest ignorance of one's self.

Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak.

Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.

Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can't, and the other half who have nothing to say and keep on saying it.

If you don't behave as you believe, you will end by believing as you behave.

Don't take tomorrow to bed with you.

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

I know I am but mortal and so therewhilst prepare myself for death, whensoever it shall please God to send it.

Science may set limits to knowledge, but should not set limits to imagination.

Anywhere you go in the world is what you make of it, not what you read in books.

When prosperity comes, do not use all of it.

It is not the strength, but the duration, of great sentiments that makes great men.

If you're happy, don't worry you'll get over it.

One who loses wealth loses much. One who loses a friend loses more. But one who loses courage loses all.

Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.

Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear.