Caesar's wife should be above suspicion.

Fate, however, is to all appearance more unavoidable than unexpected.

Good birth is a fine thing, but the merit is our ancestors.

If you light upon an impertinent talker, that sticks to you like a bur, to the disappointment of your important occasions, deal freely with him, break off the discourse, and pursue your business.

They are wrong who think that politics is like an ocean voyage or a military campaign, something to be done with some particular end in view, something which leaves off as soon as that end is reached. It is not a public chore, to be got over with. It is a way of life. It is the life of a domesticated political and social creature who is born with a love for public life, with a desire for honor, with a feeling for his fellows; and it lasts as long as need be.

It is a high distinction for a homely woman to be loved for her character rather than for beauty.

I am all that hath been, and is, and shall be; and my veil no mortal has hitherto raised.