Madame de Stael

The human mind always makes progress, but it is a progress in spirals.

Wit consists in knowing the resemblance of things that differ, and the difference of things that are alike.

Politeness is the art of choosing among your thoughts.

Another thing that freaks me out is time. Time is like a book. You have a beginning, a middle and an end. It's just a cycle.

It is hardly surprising that women concentrate on the way they look instead of what is in their minds since not much has been put in their minds to begin with.

America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.