The cardinal virtue of all beauty is restraint.

the smallest part is worthy of the whole.

There never has been a house so bad that it couldn't be made over into something worthwhile.

It does not matter whether one paints a picture, writes a poem, or carves a statue - simplicity is the mark of a master-hand.

I was born with the courage to live. Only those are unwise who have never dared to be fools.

No, I don't take soup. You can't build a meal on a lake.

I was not ugly. I might never be anything for men to lose their heads about, but I need never again be ugly. This knowledge was like a song within me. Suddenly it all came together. If you were healthy, fit, and well-dressed, you could be attractive.