The higher the stakes, the greater the temptation to lose your temper.

You will not find the warrior, the poet, the philosopher or the Christian by staring into his eyes as if he were your mistress: better fight beside him, read with him, argue with him, pray with him.

A noble hunger, long unsatisfied, met at last its proper food.

No great wisdom can be reached without sacrifice.

The Eternal Being, who knows everything and who created the whole universe, became not only a man but (before that) a baby, and before that a fetus in a woman's body.

And that's why, gentleman, if your little girl doesn't come up to scratch, it will be our painful duty to cut all your throats. Merely in a way of business, as you might say, and no offense, I hope.

Authority exercised with humility, and obedience accepted with delight are the very lines along which our spirits live.