The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age.

The simpler I keep things, the better I play.

The young do not know enough to be prudent, and therefore they attempt the impossible -- and achieve it, generation after generation.

I am always busy, which is perhaps the chief reason why I am always well.

A mediocre idea that generates enthusiasm will go further than a great idea that inspires no one.

You can do one of two things: just shut up, which is something I don't find easy, or learn an awful lot very fast, which is what I tried to do.

The human heart yearns for the beautiful in all ranks of life.

Character contributes to beauty. It fortifies a woman as her youth fades. A mode of conduct, a standard of courage, discipline, fortitude and integrity can do a great deal to make a woman beautiful.

There is no reason to repeat bad history.

For what is done or learned by one class of women becomes, by virtue of their common womanhood, the property of all women.

I don't want to make money. I just want to be wonderful.

If you have made mistakes, even serious ones, there is always another chance for you. What we call failure is not the falling down, but the staying down.

A happy woman is one who has no cares at all; a cheerful woman is one who has cares, but doesn't let them get her down.

People who fight fire with fire usually end up with ashes.

The battle to keep up appearances unnecessarily, the mask -- whatever name you give creeping perfectionism -- robs us of our energies.

I believe that it is better to tell the truth than a lie. I believe it is better to be free than to be a slave. And I believe it is better to know than to be ignorant.

Common sense is the knack of seeing things as they are, and doing things as they ought to be done.

I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that don't work.

I cannot say whether things will get better if we change; what I can say is they must change if they are to get better.