True knowledge consists in knowing things, not words.
[On her political writings:] It is, I confess, very possible that these my Labours may only be destined to line Trunks, or preserve roast Meat from too fierce a Fire; yet in that Shape I shall be useful to my Country.
You can be pleased with nothing if you are not pleased with yourself.
But the fruit that can fall without shaking Indeed is too mellow for me.
A face is too slight a foundation for happiness.
And we meet, with champagne and a chicken, at last.