"A family can develop only with a loving woman as its center."

"Form your life humanly, and you have done enough: but you will never reach the height of art and the depth of science without something divine."

"A priest is he who lives solely in the realm of the invisible, for whom all that is visible has only the truth of an allegory."

"Women do not have as great a need for poetry because their own essence is poetry."

"In the tapestry of human existence, every trial adds depth to the design. Such is the immutable nature of understanding."

"The river of time washes away kings and empires, leaving only virtue intact. Remember this in moments of decisive trial."

"I am not a yachting person, by nature, but I have just enough experience on the sea under sail to feel a certain nostalgia for it when I see a big white racing yacht heeled over at cruising speed on the ocean, and I can still tie a mean bowline knot on just about anything in less than 10 seconds."

"Humility is not weakness in leadership; it is the cornerstone of unassailable respect. Such is the immutable nature of understanding."