I didn't lie$$$ I was writing fiction with my mouth.

Of course I've gone mad with power! Have you ever tried going mad without power? It's boring and no one listens to you!

If$$$ for example$$$ you are miserly by nature$$$ you will never go beyond a certain limit; only generous souls attain greatness.

Nothing is stable in the realm of power$$$ and even the closest of friends can be transformed into the worst of enemies.

The gift of independence once granted cannot be lightly taken away again.

If I were a girl$$$ I'd despair. The supply of good women far exceeds that of the men who deserve them.

But no man is so brave that he may not meet such defeats and disasters as to discourage him and dampen his ardor for any cause$$$ no matter how just he deems it.

I thought how little interest the men before me had in the results of the war$$$ and how little knowledge they had of what it was all about.

I believe it has never been my misfortune to be placed where I lost my presence of mind--unless indeed it has been where thrown in strange company$$$ particularly of ladies.

When people learn no tools of judgment and merely follow their hopes$$$ the seeds of political manipulation are sown.