The excellence of a gift lies in its appropriateness rather than in its value.
Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.
I lived what most people call the good life. I was happy, but deep inside I always felt that, with the short amount of time we are given to live and love in this world, we spend too much time loving things instead of people.
Three o'clock is always too late or too early for anything you want to do.
I don't believe in intuition. When you get sudden flashes of perception, it is just the brain working faster than usual. But you've been getting ready to know it for a long time, and when it comes, you feel you've known it always.
To lengthen thy life, lessen thy meals.
The strongest possible piece of advice I would give any young woman is: Don't screw around, and don't smoke.