Great men are like eagles and build their nest on some lofty solitude.
It is only a man's own fundamental thoughts that have truth and life in them....
A just and reasonable modesty does not only recommend eloquence but sets off...
My dad had this philosophy that if you tell children they're beautiful and wonderful then they believe it and they will be. So I never thought I was unattractive. But I was never one of the girls at school who had lots of boyfriends.
