Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

So soon as a fashion is universal, it is out of date.

We are so vain that we even care for the opinion of those we don't care for.

Whenever two good people argue over principles, they are both right.

Power is not only what you have but what the enemy thinks you have.

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.

I was good at being a doctor; my patients liked me. At times people trust you with things they wouldn't tell their spouses. It was a real privilege.