A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him, I may think aloud.

We are all full of weakness and errors; let us mutually pardon each other our follies—it is the first law of nature.

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I love thee to the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach, when feeling out of sight for the ends of being and ideal grace.

To be a philosopher is not merely to have subtle thoughts, nor even to found a school, but so to love wisdom as to live accordingly to its dictates, a life of simplicity, independence, magnanimity, and trust.

We signal that good can be achieved amongst human beings who are prepared to trust, prepared to believe in the goodness of people.

The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint to keep from meddling with them while they do it.

No, I don’t understand my husbands theory of relativity, but I know my husband and I know he can be trusted.