"The difficulty is not so great to die for a friend, as to find a friend worth dying for."

"The wine urges me on, the bewitching wine, which sets even a wise man to singing and to laughing gently and rouses him up to dance and brings forth words which were better unspoken."

"I should rather labor as another's serf, in the home of a man without fortune, one whose livelihood was meager, than rule over all the departed dead."

"Once harm has been done, even a fool understands it."

"By their own follies they perished, the fools."

"A small rock holds back a great wave."

"The 100% American is 99% an idiot."

"Changing husbands is only changing troubles."

"Being a woman is a terribly difficult task since it consists principally in dealing with men."

"The notes I handle no better than many pianists. But the pauses between the notes--ah, that is where the art resides!"

"My salad days,When I was green in judgment."

"All created things are impermanent. Strive on with diligence."