It takes a great man to be a good listener.

Love make us poets, and the approach of death should make us philosophers.

An understanding of the natural world is a source of not only great curiosity, but great fulfilment.

The best way to see Faith is to shut the eye of Reason.

Learn as though you would never be able to master it; hold it as though you would be in fear of losing it.

Love one another, but make not a bond of love: Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls.

If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.

The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest virtues.

Think no vice so small that you may commit it, and no virtue so small that you may over look it.

One who deceives will always find those who allow themselves to be deceived.

He who can destroy a thing, can control a thing.

Where you stand depends on where you sit.

Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.

The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.

Stupidity is a talent for misconception.

I have already joined myself in marriage to a husband, namely the kingdom of England.

Promises are like crying babies in a theater, they should be carried out at once.

The future is uncertain but the end is always near.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.

Be realistic: Plan for a miracle