I cannot remember a night so dark as to have hindered the coming day.

It is not a case we are treating; it is a living, palpitating, alas, too often suffering fellow-creature.

The angels are ministering spirits; they are not governing spirits.

I never wanted to fight against the Union, but could not turn my back on Virginia.

I will answer anything I can with honour, but not about others.

I am worth inconceivably more to hang than for any other purpose.

The same eye cannot both look up to heaven and down to earth.

The intent and not the deed Is in our power; and, therefore, who dares greatly Does greatly.

The United States is a place where the men govern, but the women rule.

Caution, Sir! I am eternally tired of hearing that word caution. It is nothing but the word of cowardice!

These men are all talk; What is needed is action - action!

The eyes of a woman who never cried can not be beautiful.

Sometimes when you involve yourself in so many things, you can't do any of them well - and I like to do everything perfectly.

There is no better love potion than a coffee. When a man drinks the coffee made by you he will become forever yours.

The Fountain of Youth is in your mind.

The right hairstyle can make a plain woman beautiful and a beautiful woman unforgettable.

Success, I would find out, is interior. It has to do with self-fulfilment and the joy of living.

Where youthful beauty is unconscious, mature beauty is knowing and sophisticated.

The two big advantages I had at birth were to have been born wise and to have been born in poverty.