Relationships are like Rome -- difficult to start out, incredible during the prosperity of the 'golden age', and unbearable during the fall. Then, a new kingdom will come along and the whole process will repeat itself until you come across a kingdom like Egypt... that thrives, and continues to flourish. This kingdom will become your best friend, your soul mate, and your love.

My share of the work may be limited, but the fact that it is work makes it precious.

Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature.

I regard philanthropy as a tragic apology for wrong conditions under which human beings live.

So long as the memory of certain beloved friends lives in my heart, I shall say that life is good.

Often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.

What can rulers, nobility and all the lords of the earth say to justify the horrible killing and maiming of twenty or thirty million valuable men who a short while ago ploughed, dug, wove, built, guided the traffic of the world, took their pleasure, loved their fellows, cherished their families, and feared naught?