The more we simplify our material needs the more we are free to think of other things.

You should always own a black dress because no one ever remembers a black dress.

Franklin's illness...gave him strength and courage he had not had before. He had to think out the fundamentals of living and learn the greatest of all lessons - infinite patience and never ending persistence.

Someone once asked me what I regarded as the three most important requirements for happiness. My answer was: A feeling that you have been honest with yourself and those around you; a feeling that you have done the best you could both in your personal life and in your work; and the ability to love others.

I have complete faith in the American people's ability if they know and if they have leadership.

Understanding is a two-way street.

You [future first ladies] will feel that you are no longer clothing yourself, you are dressing a public monument.