When a woman conceives her true self, a miracle occurs and life around her begins again.

People do not like to think. If one thinks, one must reach conclusions. Conclusions are not always pleasant.

I think the highest and lowest points are the important ones. Anything else is just...in between.

Freedom would be not to choose between black and white but to abjure such prescribed choices.

All good things which exist are the fruits of originality.

Concision in style, precision in thought, decision in life.

Shame is an ornament to the young; a disgrace to the old.

Doing nothing is happiness for children and misery for old men.

Any place I hang my head is home.

This terrifying world is not devoid of charms, of the mornings that make waking up worthwhile.

To protect our freedoms, it seems we're going to have to relinquish some of our freedoms for a short period of time.

Live simply so others may simply live.

My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government.

A beautiful thing never gives so much pain as does failing to hear and see it.

Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes

Noble life demands a noble architecture for noble uses of noble men. Lack of culture means what it has always meant: ignoble civilization and therefore imminent downfall.

Luxury is not a necessity to me, but beautiful and good things are.

Boys will be boys. And even that wouldn't matter if only we could prevent girls from being girls.

Let silence take you to the core of life.

To conceal anything from those to whom I am attached, is not in my nature. I can never close my lips where I have opened my heart.

What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?