Simplicity of life is an essential for greatness of life.

Do not wait for ideal circumstances, nor the best opportunities; they will never come.

In no order of things is adolescence the time of the simple life.

There ought to be so many who are excellent, there are so few.

Isn't it wonderful that two of the most sacred and symbolic plants, the olive and the vine, live on almost nothing, a terrace of limestone, sun and rain.

It is not so much what we say or do that educates; what really educates is who we are.

To aim at the best and to remain essentially ourselves is one and the same thing.