One must not let oneself be overwhelmed by sadness.

Do you think that God would separate me from my husband if I killed myself? I feel as though I am going out of my mind at times. Wouldn’t God understand that I just want to be with him?

Even though people may be well known they still hold in their hearts the emotions of a simple person for the moments that are the most important of those we know on earth - birth, marriage, death.

If you want things to be right, you have to do them yourself

Can anyone understand how it is to have lived in the White House and then, suddenly, to be living alone as the President's widow?

I think the best thing I can do is to be a distraction. A husband lives and breathes his work all day long. If he comes home to more table thumping, how can the poor man ever relax?

One should always dress like a marble column.