"I'm an old woman, and I have seen many changes. And I have learned that the only thing that doesn't change is human nature."

"I think, at a child's birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift would be curiosity."

"I think I have a good deal of common sense, and I think that's more important than brilliance."

"I once had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read the description in the catalog: ‘No good in a bed, but fine against a wall.’"

"I have always felt that anyone who wanted an election so much they would use those means did not have the character that I really admired in public life."