There is an eloquence in true enthusiasm.

The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.

In order to be irreplaceable, one must always be different.

Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.

All the perplexities, confusion and distress in America arise, not from defects in their Constitution or Confederation, not from want of honor or virtue, so much as from the downright ignorance of the nature of coin, credit and circulation.

It is a good rule in life never to apologize. The right sort of people do not want apologies, and the wrong sort take a mean advantage of them.

He who never made a mistake, never made a discovery.

Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't.

Be like a tree and let the dead leaves drop.

Your clothes conceal much of your beauty, yet they hide not the unbeautiful

It is wonderful when you don't have the fear, and a lot of the time I don't ... I focus on what needs to be done instead.

I may not be better than other people, but at least I'm different.

Rich men's houses are seldom beautiful, rarely comfortable, and never original. It is a constant source of surprise to people of moderate means to observe how little a big fortune contributes to Beauty.

A woman can be over dressed but never over elegant.

At the bottom of enmity between strangers lies indifference.

We all live with the objective of being happy; our lives are all different and yet the same.

When you get to a certain age, there is no coming back.

Airplane travel is nature's way of making you look like your passport photo.

Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.

Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.

No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another.