Contentment travels rarely with fortune, but follows virtue even in misfortune.

When all else fails, and to stand firm seems impossible, stand on the wood of the Cross; it will float with you.

Cats are distant, discreet, impeccably clean and able to stay silent. What more could be needed to be good company?

Good kings are slaves, and their people are free.

Infancy is irretrievable. Its memories live underground. To what extent they return by stealth or are triggered by various catalysts remains an ongoing question.

Despite our disapproval with what God allows us to endure, he still remains the same God that is not interested in our convenience, as much as our character.

You are born to rule or to be ruled. It’s for you to decide which path to choose.

The toughest thing about success is that you've got to keep on being a success.

Chance favours only those who know how to court her.

Unless it grows out of yourself no knowledge is really yours, it is only borrowed plumage.

We start dying when we have nothing worth living for. And we don't really start living until we find something worth dying for

You don't have to stay anywhere forever.

Allow time and moderate delay; haste manages all things badly.

The U.N. is asking Italy to oversee this effort. And if a government is formed, you're likely to see up to 5,000 Italian troops maybe go in to provide security and also train a Libyan army.