"Don't let your happiness depend on something you may lose."

"God knows our situation; He will not judge us as if we had no difficulties to overcome. What matters is the sincerity and perseverance of our will to overcome them."

"One may smile, and smile, and be a villain."

"In peace there's nothing so becomes a man as modest stillness and humility."

"It is not enough to conquer; one must learn to seduce."

"May God defend me from my friends: I can defend myself from my enemies."