"A woman has two smiles that an angel might envy, the smile that accepts a lover before words are uttered, and the smile that lights on the first born babe, and assures it of a mother's love."

"The happiness of every country depends upon the character of its people, rather than the form of its government."

"Failures to heroic minds are the stepping stones to success."

"Education is a crutch with which the foolish attack the wise to prove that they are not idiots."

"So I was shampooing at 14. But I've always thought that had I the opportunity for an education, I would have been an architect. There's no question about it."

"There is no education like adversity."

"Just about this time, when in imagination I was so great a warrior, I had good use in real life for more strength, as I was no longer taken to school by the nurse, but instead had myself to protect my brother, two years my junior."