My parents walked in on me Googling 'agents for kids' when I was 9.
What matters in a character is not whether one holds this or that opinion: what matters is how proudly one upholds it.
The world is the work of a single thought, expressed in a thousand different ways.
The entire social order. . . is arrayed against a woman who wants to rise to a man's reputation.
Anything that happens gradually is always irrevocable.
Politeness is the art of choosing among your thoughts.
Wit lies in the likeness of things that are different, and in the difference of things that are alike.
American business can out-think, out-work, out-perform any nation in the world. But we can't beat the competition if we don't get in the ball game.
The second fundamental feature of culture is that all culture has an element of striving.
When you're a dreamer, heart break and failure come with the territory, but I can tell you it's worth it, because it's a way of living that is both moving and memorable.
He that thinketh he leadeth and hath no one following him is only taking a walk.