"To be thrown upon one's own resources,..." - Quote by Benjamin Franklin

“Grace thou thy house and let not that grace thee.”

“The happy State of Matrimony is, undoubtedly, the surest and most lasting Foundation of Comfort and Love . . . the Cause of all good Order in the World, and what alone preserves it from the utmost Confusion.”

“Alas, I know if I ever became truly humble, I would be proud of it.”

“When I was asked to make the film, I decided that it was like taking on a new career at the age of sixty-eight. I've never acted before. And taking direction is not something I'm very good at. I've always known who I am and what I was going to do, and I've always just done it.”

“It takes nearly as much ability to know how to profit by good advice as to know how to act for one's self.”

“Be yourself; no base imitator of another, but your best self. There is something which you can do better than another. Listen to the inward voice and bravely obey that. Do the things at which you are great, not what you were never made for.”

“Every positive thing in your life represents a single unique blessing. Every negative thing in your life has the opportunity to become a double blessing. For when you turn a negative into a positive, you gain twice. You are no longer burdened with the negative situation, and in addition to that you are strengthened by a new positive force.”

“Each and every part of the world is a snare for the fool and a means of deliverance for the wise.”

“Most plain girls are virtuous because of the scarcity of opportunity to be otherwise.”