They made me see that the world was beautiful if you were beautiful, and that you couldn't get unless you gave. And you had to give without wanting to get.

Life is too bitter already, without territories and wars and noble feuds

I think I ought to have some eddication,"said the Wart, "I can't think of anything to do.

The destiny of man is to unite, not to divide.

There is a thing called knowledge of the world, which people do not have until they are middle-aged. It is something which cannot be taught to younger people, because it is not logical and does not obey laws which are constant. It has no rules. Only, in the long years which bring women to the middle of life, a sense of balance develops...when she is beginning to hate her used body, she suddenly finds that she can do it. She can go on living.

a king can only work with his best tools.

It is good to put your life in other people's hands.