We succeed only as we identify in life, or in war, or in anything else, a single overriding objective, and make all other considerations bend to that one objective.
Wit makes its own welcome, and levels all distinctions. No dignity, no learning, no force of character, can make any stand against good wit.
When you encounter difficulties and contradictions, do not try to break them, but bend them with gentleness and time.
The nice thing about egotists is that they don't talk about other people.
I have been through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened.
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.
He who labors diligently need never despair; for all things are accomplished by diligence and labor.