Courage is the ladder on which all the other virtues mount.

There are no hopeless situations; there are only men who have grown hopeless about them.

Lying increases the creative faculties, expands the ego, and lessens the frictions of social contacts.

No good deed goes unpunished.

Censorship, like charity, should begin at home; but, unlike charity, it should end there.

Because I am a woman, I must make unusual efforts to succeed. If I fail, no one will say, 'She doesn't have what it takes.' They will say, 'Women don't have what it takes.'