"If your man is a sports enthusiast, you may have to resign yourself to his spouting off in a monotone on a prize fight, football game or pennant race."

"People's blessings give you the power to work tirelessly. The only thing required is commitment."

"I always say the strength of democracy lies in criticism. If there is no criticism, that means there is no democracy. And if you want to grow, you must invite criticism. And I want to grow; I want to invite criticism."

"The force of non-violence is stronger than the force of arms."

"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife."

"General benevolence, but not general friendship, made a man what he ought to be."