It is never too late or too soon. It is when it is supposed to be.

Uttering a word is like striking a note on the keyboard of the imagination.

Beauty is related not to loveliness but to a state in which reality plays a part.

Only fools want to be great.

I'm no model lady. A model's just an imitation of the real thing.

It is when suffering finds a voice andsets our nerves quivering that this pity comes troubling us.

Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be obtained only by someone who is detached.

Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak$$$ and esteem to all.

Human happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.

Like so many Americans$$$ she was trying to construct a life that made sense from things she found in gift shops.