The knowledge of the world is only to be acquired in the world, and not in a closet.
Speak properly, and in as few words as you can, but always plainly; for the end of speech is not ostentation, but to be understood.
Make hunger thy sauce, as a medicine for health.
Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome.
Perhaps, after all, America never has been discovered. I myself would say that it had merely been detected.
There were millions of ways that the world could kill me.
Men are equal; it is not birth but virtue that makes the difference.
For the most part, fear is nothing but an illusion. When you share it with someone else, it tends to disappear.
You have to have funny faces and words, you can't just have words. It is a powerful thing, and I think that's why it's hard for people to imagine that women can do that, be that powerful.