Nothing of real worth can ever be bought. Love, friendship, honour, valour, respect. All these things have to be earned.

I may be stupid, as you say, to believe in honour and friendship and loyalty without price. But these are virtues to be cherished, for without them we are no more than beasts roaming the land.

Sometimes surviving is all you can do

How astonishing it is that language can almost mean, and frightening that it does not quite.

It's a question I often ask myself: what would I do with me? And I don't know the answer. I don't know what I'd do, except run away.

Most people, especially successful people, are hard-working. They want to participate. They want to do things well.

You don't build yourself up by putting someone else down.

To sanctify God is to reverence Him in our hearts, and to represent Him in the glory of His holiness before men.

Don’t let the voice of other people’s opinion drown your inner voice.

You can't sit at the table of success for too long or you'll feel bored and dead.

I have never worn dresses by grands couturiers.

He is greatly honored by the time we take to weigh with mature deliberation matters having to do with his service, as are all those with which we deal.