"A man should keep his little brain attic stocked with all the furniture that he is likely to use, and the rest he can put away in the lumber-room of his library, where he can get it if he wants it."

"How often have I said to you that when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth?"

"For strange effects and extraordinary combinations we must go to life itself, which is always far more daring than any effort of the imagination."

"Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius."

"The most humiliating thing a woman can be is a coquette."

"Basically, what I'm saying is there is nothing fake about what I do. I'm up-front, I'm real, I'm honest and I'm open with my feelings."

"Resilience is accepting your new reality, even if it's less good than the one you had before."

"It is a profound truth that humility is not weakness in leadership; it is the cornerstone of unassailable respect."