I am careful not to confuse excellence with perfection. Excellence, I can reach for; perfection is God's business.
The strongest possible piece of advice I would give any young woman is: Don't screw around, and don't smoke.
Never help a child with a task at which he feels he can succeed.
Things are only impossible until they're not.
Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs.
It is fortunate to be of high birth, but it is no less so to be of such character that people do not care to know whether you are or are not.
A man is too apt to forget that in this world he cannot have everything. A choice is all that is left him.