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

We thought that we had the answers, it was the questions we had wrong.

I think about the meaning of pain. Pain is personal. It really belongs to the one feeling it. Probably the only thing that is your own. I like mine.

Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.

Your reputation is in the hands of others. That's what the reputation is. You can't control that. The only thing you can control is your character.

Circumstances do not make a man, they reveal him.

No man has any natural authority over his fellow men.

The oldest, shortest words- 'yes' and 'no'- are those which require the most thought.

The best way to see Faith is to shut the eye of Reason.

When you undervalue what you do, the world will undervalue who you are

If you buy what you do not need, you will need what you cannot buy.

I believe that one defines oneself by reinvention. To not be like your parents. To not be like your friends. To be yourself. To cut yourself out of stone.

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

The wise man should restrain his senses like the crane and accomplish his purpose with due knowledge of his place, time and ability.

The absent are never without fault, nor the present without excuse.

If you have no problems, then you have no clue to what is going.

Wisdom... comes not from age, but from education and learning.

We must live together as brothers or perish together as fools.

To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it.

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

We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid