Divide and command, a wise maxim; Unite and guide, a better.

The sum which two married people owe to one another defies calculation. It is an infinite debt, which can only be discharged through all eternity.

Life is the childhood of our immortality.

Say what you will of fortitude, but show me the man who can patiently endure the laughter of fools when they have obtained an advantage over him. 'Tis only when their nonsense is without foundation that one can suffer it without complaint.

There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.

A creation of importance can only be produced when its author isolates himself, it is a child of solitude.

I have come to the frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element. It is my personal approach that creates the climate. It is my daily mood that makes the weather....In all situations, it is my response that decides whether a crisis is escalated or de-escalated, and a person is humanized or is dehumanized.