Premature ideas do not exist, one must bide one's time until the right moment comes along.
An old warrior is never in haste to strike the blow.
If our inward griefs were seen written on our brow, how many would be pitied who are now envied! [It. , Se a ciascun l'interno affanno Si leggesse in fronte scritto, Quanti mai, che invidia fanno, Ci farebbero pieta!].
Love is a feeling that comes into our hearts of our own choice for neither force nor harshness can limit the heart's freedom.
Every noble acquisition is attended with its risks; he who fears to encounter the one must not expect to obtain the other.
The pilot who is always dreading a rock or a tempest must not complain if he remain a poor fisherman. We must at times trust, something to fortune, for fortune has often some share in what happens.
Cowards' weapons neither cut nor pierce.
We rail at trade, but the historian of the world will see that it was the principle of liberty; that it settled America, and destroyed feudalism, and made peace and keeps peace; that it will abolish slavery.
God can make you anything you want to be, but you have to put everything in his hands.
Listening doesn't mean trying to understand. Anything, however trifling, may be of use one day. What matters is to know something that others don't know you know.
I get pressure from my audience and my agents to be a 'good girl,' and I'm in the public eye, so if I mess up, it's going to be all over the place.