"A woman should never be trusted with money."

"To sit in the shade on a fine day, and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment."

"In every power, of which taste is the foundation, excellence is pretty fairly divided between the sexes."

"I do not want people to be agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them."

"Silly things do cease to be silly if they are done by sensible people in an impudent way."

"The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid."

"In America, anyone can become president. That's one of the risks you take."

"A platitude is simply a truth repeated until people get tired of hearing it."

"In America, sex is an obsession; in other parts of the world it's a fact."

"Elections are won by men and women chiefly because most people vote against somebody rather than for somebody."

"There is nothing in the world that some man cannot make a little worse and sell a little cheaper, and he who considers price only is that man's lawful prey."

"Do not impose on others what you yourself do not desire."