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The Rubicons which women must cross, the sex barriers which they must breach, are ultimately those that exist in their own minds.

It’s disturbing at my age to look at a young woman’s destructive behaviour and hear the echoes of it, of one’s own destructiveness in youth.

The wisest have the most authority.

None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm.

Men marry because they are tired; women, because they are curious; both are disappointed.

A friend should be a master at guessing and keeping still: you must not want to see everything.

I shall the effect of this good lesson keeps as watchman to my heart.

We cannot make events. Our business is wisely to improve them.

Neither a borrower nor a lender be.

The truth is not for all men, but only for those who seek it.

I would fain grow old learning many things.

Divide and rule, the politician cries; unite and lead, is watchword of the wise.

Mind your speech a little lest you should mar your fortunes.

Once we hit forty, women only have about four taste buds left: one for vodka, one for wine, one for cheese, and one for chocolate.

The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil.

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.

The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.

True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing.

Too often the great decisions are originated and given form in bodies made up wholly of men, or so completely dominated by them that whatever of special value women have to offer is shunted aside without expression.

The most peaceable way for you, if you do take a thief, is, to let him show himself what he is and steal out of your company.

The superior man acquaints himself with many sayings of antiquity and many deeds of the past, in order to strengthen his character thereby.

I work toward the liberation of women, but I’m not feminist. I’m just a woman.

I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it.

A wise man should have money in his head, but not in his heart.