“By trying we can easily learn to endure adversity. Another man’s, I mean.”

“I’m just a person trapped inside a woman’s body.”

“Life is just a bowl of pits.”

“Honest criticism is hard to take, particularly from a relative, a friend, an acquaintance, or a stranger.”

“Never harbor grudges; they sour your stomach and do no harm to anyone else.”

“Egotism is the anesthetic that dulls the pain of stupidity.”

“Age is mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.”

“The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.”

“Metaphors have a way of holding the most truth in the least space.”

“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.”